Quasi-stationary distributions of a pair of Markov chains related to time evolution of a DNA locus

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-77

  Bobrowski, A ^a  

^a LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Fisher Wright Moran model; Genetic drift; Markov chain; Microsatellite; Mutation; Quasi stationary distribution

Indexed keywords

FISHER-WRIGHT-MORAN MODEL; GENETIC DRIFT; MICROSATELLITES; QUASI-STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION;

COALESCENCE; DNA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUTAGENESIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 1842457641     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1077134464     Document Type: Article

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