A new genetic distance with application to constrained variation at microsatellite loci

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 467-471

  Zhivotovsky, Lev A ^a  

^a NONE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Divergence time; Genetic distance; Microsatellite variation; Mutation bias; Range constraints; Similarity index

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; MUTATION;

EID: 0032927327     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026128     Document Type: Article

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