Ewens' sampling formula and related formulae: Combinatorial proofs, extensions to variable population size and applications to ages of alleles

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-177

  Griffiths, Robert C ^a   Lessard, Sabin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age distribution of alleles; Coalescent process; Ewens' sampling formula; GEM distribution; Infinitely many alleles model; Ladder indices and heights; Poisson Dirichlet process; Urn model

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME;

ALLELES; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26244441703     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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