Genetic variation describes naturally occurring genetic differences among individuals of the same species. This variation permits flexibility and survival of a population in the face of changing ...

an excellent introduction to population and quantitative genetics … Introduction to Conservation Genetics is an important book; it has authoritative reviews and lucid descriptions of population and ...

The founder effect is an extreme example of "genetic drift." Genes occurring at a certain frequency in the larger population will occur at a different frequency -- more or less often -- in a ...

The Finnish population is one of the most genetically studied in the world. A relatively small number of founder individuals and strong genetic isolation over centuries have shaped the unique genetic ...

An analysis of mitochondrial genomes from nearly 60,000 people shows where selection has removed deleterious genetic variants from the population, revealing which mtDNA sites are most important ...