Allele age and a test for selection on rare alleles

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1403, 2000, Pages 1663-1668

  Slatkin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCAl; Coalescent theory; Neutrality test; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALLELE EFFECT; SELECTION;

EID: 0034731028     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0729     Document Type: Article

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