IS WRIGHT'S SHIFTING BALANCE PROCESS IMPORTANT IN EVOLUTION?
EvolutionPublished 1 February 2000
Jerry A. Coyne, Nick Barton, Michael Turelli
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Journal Article IS WRIGHT'S SHIFTING BALANCE PROCESS IMPORTANT IN EVOLUTION? Get access Jerry A. Coyne, Jerry A. Coyne Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1101 E. 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637 E‐mail: j‐[email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Nicholas H. Barton, Nicholas H. Barton I.C.A.P.B., Division of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, United Kingdom E‐mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael Turelli Michael Turelli Section of Evolution and Ecology and Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 E‐mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Evolution, Volume 54, Issue 1, 1 February 2000, Pages 306–317, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00033.x Published: 01 February 2000 Article history Received: 03 May 1999 Accepted: 17 August 1999 Published: 01 February 2000
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