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Lewontin's paradox: a standalone construct

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Population genetics

the puzzle that genetic diversity varies far less among species than their census population sizes would predict.

In population genetics, Lewontin's paradox refers to the puzzle that genetic diversity varies far less among species than their census population sizes would predict. This meaning comes from Leffler (2012) in PLoS Biology.[1]

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References

Leffler, E. M., Bullaughey, K., Matute, D. R., Meyer, W. K., Ségurel, L., Venkat, A., Andolfatto, P., & Przeworski, M. (2012). Revisiting an Old Riddle: What Determines Genetic Diversity Levels within Species? PLoS Biology, 10(9), e1001388. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001388

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