A maximum-likelihood approach to fitting equilibrium models of microsatellite evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 413-417

  Sibly, Richard M ^a,b   Whittaker, John C ^b   Talbot, Melanie ^b  

^a School of Animal and Microbial Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equilibrium models; Markov chain; Microsatellite evolution; Polymerase slippage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0035100593     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003817     Document Type: Article

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