A power analysis of microsatellite-based statistics for inferring past population growth

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1859-1868

  King, J Patrick ^a   Kimmel, Marek ^a   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Indices of imbalance; Microsatellites; Population expansion; Repeat DNA; Stepwise mutation model

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033635896     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026287     Document Type: Article

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