Improved inference of mutation rates: I. An integral representation for the Luria-Delbrück distribution

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-48

  Kepler, Thomas B ^a,b   Oprea, Mihaela ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; MUTATION;

LURIA;

EID: 0035194085     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.2000.1498     Document Type: Article

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