Inferring coalescence times from DNA sequence data

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 505-518

  Tavaré, Simon ^a   Balding, David J ^b,e   Griffiths, R C ^c   Donnelly, Peter ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031014291     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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