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Can statistical tests of neutrality detect selection?

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  1. Department of Biology, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    D. L. Hartl

  2. Museum of Zoology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    H. Burla & H. Jungen

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Supported by N.I.H. grants GM26634, AG02052, N.S.F. grant PCM77-00886, and N.I.H. Research Career Award GM0002301.

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Hartl, D.L., Burla, H. & Jungen, H. Can statistical tests of neutrality detect selection?. Genetica 54, 185–189 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00055990

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