On sampling distributions for coalescent processes with simultaneous multiple collisions

Bernoulli

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-53

  Mohle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bolthausen Sznitman coalescent; Composition probability function; Ewens sampling formula; Mutation rate; Neutral infinite alleles model; Partition structure; Sampling distribution; Simultaneous multiple collisions; Star shaped tree

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846836960     PISSN: 13507265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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