On the dispersion index of a Markovian molecular clock

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-128

  Zheng, Qi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion index; Markov chain.; Molecular clock; Neutral theory

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENES;

DISPERSION INDEX; MOLECULAR CLOCK;

BIOLOGY;

EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 0034855104     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(01)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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