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. 2015 Apr 10;13(4):e1002113.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002113. eCollection 2015 Apr.

Lewontin's paradox resolved? In larger populations, stronger selection erases more diversity

Roland G Roberts  1
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Lewontin's paradox resolved? In larger populations, stronger selection erases more diversity

Roland G Roberts. PLoS Biol. .

Abstract

A new study uses a massive comparative population genetics dataset to explore why the neutral genetic diversity of a species does not have a simple relationship to its population size.

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The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1. Organisms with large census population sizes—such as invertebrate animals (silkworm moth) and herbaceous plants (watermelon)—tend to experience a disproportionately more pronounced effect of selection on neutral genetic diversity than those with smaller population sizes—such as vertebrate animals (baboon) and woody plants (orange).
Image credit: Flickr users Liz West (watermelon), Ronnie Macdonald (orange), Nikita (silkworm moth), and Mark Jordahl (olive baboon).
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