The pattern of neutral molecular variation under the background selection model.

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Published in Genetics on December 01, 1995

Authors

D Charlesworth1, B Charlesworth, M T Morgan

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1: Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637-1573, USA. debchar@pondside.uchicago.edu

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