Fast and accurate estimation of the population-scaled mutation rate, θ, from microsatellite genotype data

Genetics

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1363-1366

  RoyChoudhury, Arindam ^a,b   Stephens, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DIPLOIDY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; KINETICS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34250779026     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.049080     Document Type: Article

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