Inferring population history from genealogical trees

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-264

  Wiuf, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coalescent process; Genealogy; Maximum likelihood inference; Population history

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DECISION TREE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; PERIODICITY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATABASES, GENETIC; DECISION TREES; DNA; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PERIODICITY;

EID: 0642378036     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-002-0180-8     Document Type: Article

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