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. 1990 Sep;126(1):231-4.
doi: 10.1093/genetics/126.1.231.

Relationship between migration and DNA polymorphism in a local population

F Tajima  1
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Relationship between migration and DNA polymorphism in a local population

F Tajima. Genetics. 1990 Sep.

Abstract

The expected amount of DNA polymorphism, measured in terms of the number of nucleotide differences between the two DNA sequences randomly sampled from subpopulations, was studied by using the stepping-stone model and the finite island model, under the assumption that the migration rate is not the same among different subpopulations. The results obtained indicate that the expected amount of DNA polymorphism in the subpopulation with lower migration rate is smaller than that of higher migration rate. This suggests that marginal populations tend to have lower level of DNA polymorphism than central populations if the migration rate in the marginal populations is lower than that of the central populations.

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