Estimation of effective population size from data on linkage disequilibrium

Genetical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 209-216

  Hill, William G ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HEREDITY; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION;

EID: 0019771734     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672300020553     Document Type: Article

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