Statistical properties of population differentiation estimators under stepwise mutation in a finite island model

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 771-783

  Balloux, F ^a,c   Goudet, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; FST; Gene flow; Microsatellites; Population structure; RST

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036010831     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01474.x     Document Type: Article

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