Mitochondrial mismatch analysis is insensitive to the mutational process

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 895-902

  Rogers, Alan R ^a   Fraley, Alexander E ^b   Bamshad, Michael J ^b   Watkins, W Scott ^b   Jorde, Lynn B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gamma distribution; mismatch distribution; mitochondrial DNA; mutation; pairwise differences

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION SITE;

EID: 0029846384     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/13.7.895     Document Type: Article

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