Why the null matters: Statistical tests, random walks and evolution

Genetica

Volumn 112-113, Issue , 2001, Pages 105-125

  Sheets, H David ^a   Mitchell, Charles E ^b  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurst exponent; Hypothesis testing; Log rate interval; Microevolution; Random walks; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035704865     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013308409951     Document Type: Article

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