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gene surfing: a standalone construct

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Population genetics

the chance rise to high frequency of an allele carried at the edge of a range expansion, through repeated founder events.

In population genetics, gene surfing refers to the chance rise to high frequency of an allele carried at the edge of a range expansion, through repeated founder events. This meaning comes from Klopfstein (2005) in Molecular Biology and Evolution.[1]

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References

Klopfstein, S., Currat, M., & Excoffier, L. (2005). The Fate of Mutations Surfing on the Wave of a Range Expansion. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23(3), 482-490. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msj057

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