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Review
. 2010 Mar;184(3):609-11.
doi: 10.1534/genetics.109.110023.

Wright and Fisher on inbreeding and random drift

James F Crow  1
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Review

Wright and Fisher on inbreeding and random drift

James F Crow. Genetics. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

Sewall Wright and R. A. Fisher often differed, including on the meaning of inbreeding and random gene frequency drift. Fisher regarded them as quite distinct processes, whereas Wright thought that because his inbreeding coefficient measured both they should be regarded as the same. Since the effective population numbers for inbreeding and random drift are different, this would argue for the Fisher view.

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