重新思考 (再次) 哈迪-韦恩伯格和基因漂移在本科生生物学

Michael W Klymkowsky1

  • 1Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States.

Frontiers in genetics
|June 26, 2023
PubMed
概括

引入式生物学课程应该减少对哈迪-韦恩伯格平衡 (HWE) 计算的重视. 相反,专注于基因漂移,一个无处不在的随机过程,以增强定量思维和对等位基因行为的理解.

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