No BLUE among phylogenetic estimators

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 421-438

  Joyce, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased estimator (BLUE); Coalescent models; Segregating sites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0033218629     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850050173     Document Type: Article

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