A logistic branching process for population genetics

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-203

  Campbell, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching process; Coalescent; Population regulation; Selection

Indexed keywords

POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0142217923     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00238-8     Document Type: Article

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