Gene genealogies when the sample size exceeds the effective size of the population

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 208-213

  Wakeley, John ^a   Takahashi, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescent theory; Effective population size; Genealogies; Multiple mergers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SAMPLE SIZE;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MARTES PENNANTI; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0037323816     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg024     Document Type: Article

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