Statistical properties of new neutrality tests against population growth

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2092-2100

  Ramos Onsins, Sebastian E ^a   Rozas, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coalescent simulations; Neutrality tests; Population expansion; Population growth

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODEL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION GROWTH; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036897674     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004034     Document Type: Article

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