Applications of the Galton-Watson process to human DNA evolution and demography

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-146

  Neves, Armando G M ^a   Moreira, Carlos H C ^a  

^a UFMG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Branching processes; Evolutionary genetics; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial Eve; Y Chromosome

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

BRANCHING PROCESSES; EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL EVE; Y CHROMOSOME;

DNA;

EID: 33646841327     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.11.055     Document Type: Article

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