Demographic Parameters and Natural Selection

DOI10.1073/PNAS.71.12.4645zbMath0303.62075OpenAlexW1994282263WikidataQ35118328 ScholiaQ35118328MaRDI QIDQ4057985

Lloyd A. Demetrius

Publication date: 1974

Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.71.12.4645

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to actuarial sciences and financial mathematics (62P05) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10)

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