Monte Carlo inference methods in population genetics

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 23, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 141-158

  Griffiths, R C ^a   Tavare S ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral inference; Coalescent; Infinitely many sites; Varying environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001129760     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-7177(96)00046-5     Document Type: Article

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