The amount of DNA polymorphism maintained in a finite population when the neutral mutation rate varies among sites

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1457-1465

  Tajima, Fumio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0030014298     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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