Approximating the coalescent with recombination

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1459, 2005, Pages 1387-1393

  McVean, Gilean A T ^a   Cardin, Niall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coalescent; Genealogy; Linkage disequilibrium; Recombination

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINATION;

EID: 31344468046     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1673     Document Type: Article

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