Increased accuracy in analytical molecular distance estimation

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 78-90

  Pollock, David D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Base frequencies; Gamma distribution; Molecular distance; Synonymous sites; Unequal rates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032145113     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1998.1362     Document Type: Article

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