Statistical properties of two tests that use multilocus data sets to detect population expansions

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-466

  Reich, David E ^b   Feldman, Marcus W ^b   Goldstein, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Demographic history; Microsatellites; Stepwise mutation model

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPLOIDY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION GROWTH; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032959286     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026127     Document Type: Article

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