Discussion on the paper by Wilson, Weale and Balding

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 188-201

  Yang, Ziheng ^a   Stephens, David ^b   Dawson, Kevin J ^c   Drummond, Alexei ^d   Nicholls, Geoff ^e   Griffiths, R C ^d   Wilkinson Herbots, Hilde M ^a   Beaumont, Mark A ^f   Baird, Stuart J E ^g   Lascoux, Martin ^h   Leblois, Raphaël ^k   Estoup, Arnaud ^k   Nielsen, Rasmus ⁱ   Hey, Jody ^j   Stumpf, Michael P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^j RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k NONE

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EID: 0038178156     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00265     Document Type: Note

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