Random partitions approximating the coalescence of lineages during a selective sweep

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1591-1651

  Schweinsberg, Jason ^a   Durrett, Rick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Hitchhiking; Mutation; Random partition; Selective sweep

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144441885     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/105051605000000430     Document Type: Article

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