Prediction of group patterns in social mammals based on a coalescent model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 262-270

  Durand, Eric ^a   Blum, Michael G B ^a,b   François, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Genetic relatedness; Group patterns; Social mammals; Statistical tests

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALGORITHM; CARNIVORE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COALESCENCE; GENETICS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; PREDICTION; RELATEDNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; ECOLOGY; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; GENETICS, POPULATION; GROUP PROCESSES; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 35448955732     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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