The equilibrium distribution for a generalized Sankoff-Ferretti model accurately predicts chromosome size distributions in a wide variety of species

Journal of Applied Probability

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 324-334

  Arkendra, D E ^a,d   Ferguson, Michael ^b,d   Sindi, Suzanne ^c,d   Durrett, Richard ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome size model; Markov chain; Reciprocal translocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346365756     PISSN: 00219002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/jap/996986747     Document Type: Article

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