Paleo-demography of the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup: Application of the maximum likelihood method

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 117-127

  Li, Yi Ju ^a   Satta, Yoko ^a   Takahata, Naoyuki ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, INSECT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0033178244     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.74.117     Document Type: Article

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