A simple and robust statistical test for detecting the presence of recombination

Genetics

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2665-2681

  Bruen, Trevor C ^a   Philippe, Hervé ^b   Bryant, David ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 33646167864     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.048975     Document Type: Article

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