scholarly journals Reconstructing the Phylogenetic History of Long-Term Effective Population Size and Life-History Traits Using Patterns of Amino Acid Replacement in Mitochondrial Genomes of Mammals and Birds

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 1273-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoit Nabholz ◽  
Nicole Uwimana ◽  
Nicolas Lartillot
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Effective Population Size ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Amino Acid Replacement ◽  
Mitochondrial Genomes ◽  
Effective Population ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Revealing life-history traits by contrasting genetic estimations with predictions of effective population size

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 817-827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gili Greenbaum ◽  
Sharon Renan ◽  
Alan R. Templeton ◽  
Amos Bouskila ◽  
David Saltz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Effective Population Size ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Effective Population

scholarly journals Simple life-history traits explain key effective population size ratios across diverse taxa

2013 ◽  
Vol 280 (1768) ◽  
pp. 20131339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin S. Waples ◽  
Gordon Luikart ◽  
James R. Faulkner ◽  
David A. Tallmon
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Effective Population Size ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Vital Rates ◽  
Effective Population ◽  
Adult Lifespan ◽  
Census Size ◽  
The Rich ◽  
And Migration

Effective population size ( N e ) controls both the rate of random genetic drift and the effectiveness of selection and migration, but it is difficult to estimate in nature. In particular, for species with overlapping generations, it is easier to estimate the effective number of breeders in one reproductive cycle ( N b ) than N e per generation. We empirically evaluated the relationship between life history and ratios of N e , N b and adult census size ( N ) using a recently developed model ( agene ) and published vital rates for 63 iteroparous animals and plants. N b / N e varied a surprising sixfold across species and, contrary to expectations, N b was larger than N e in over half the species. Up to two-thirds of the variance in N b / N e and up to half the variance in N e / N was explained by just two life-history traits (age at maturity and adult lifespan) that have long interested both ecologists and evolutionary biologists. These results provide novel insights into, and demonstrate a close general linkage between, demographic and evolutionary processes across diverse taxa. For the first time, our results also make it possible to interpret rapidly accumulating estimates of N b in the context of the rich body of evolutionary theory based on N e per generation.

scholarly journals Recombination Gives a New Insight in the Effective Population Size and the History of the Old World Human Populations

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Melé ◽  
Asif Javed ◽  
Marc Pybus ◽  
Pierre Zalloua ◽  
Marc Haber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Effective Population Size ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Effective Population ◽  
Old World ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Long-term effective population size dynamics of an intensively monitored vertebrate population

Heredity ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
A-K Mueller ◽  
N Chakarov ◽  
O Krüger ◽  
J I Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Effective Population Size ◽  
Effective Population
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