Coalescing into the 21st century: An overview and prospects of coalescent theory

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Fu, Yun Xun ^a   Li, Wen Hsiung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033180294     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1999.1421     Document Type: Review

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