• DOI:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00732.x
Corpus ID: 221735887

IS THE POPULATION SIZE OF A SPECIES RELEVANT TO ITS EVOLUTION?

@article{Gillespie2001ISTP,
  title={IS THE POPULATION SIZE OF A SPECIES RELEVANT TO ITS EVOLUTION?},
  author={John H. Gillespie},
  journal={Evolution},
  year={2001},
  volume={55}
}

John H. Gillespie

Published 2001

Evolution

Abstract This paper examines aspects of genetic draft, the stochastic force induced by substitutions at one locus on the dynamics of a closely linked locus. Of particular interest is the role of population size on genetic draft. Remarkably, the rate of substitution of weakly selected advantageous mutations decreases with increasing population size, whereas that for deleterious mutations increases with population size. This dependency on population size is the opposite of that for genetic drift… CONTINUE READING

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