TREES SIFTER 1.0: An approximate method to estimate the time to the most recent common ancestor of a sample of DNA sequences: Program note

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 418-421

  Mardulyn, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Approximate method; Coalescence model; DNA sequences; Genealogy; Simulations; TMRCA

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248151463     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01691.x     Document Type: Article

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