A new stochastic model of microsatellite evolution

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 621-631

  Durrett, Richard ^a   Kruglyak, Semyon ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov chain model; Microsatellite evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033236731     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021900200017447     Document Type: Article

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