A coalescent process with simultaneous multiple mergers for approximating the gene genealogies of many marine organisms

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-114

  Sargsyan, Ori ^a   Wakeley, John ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescent; Marine organisms; Simultaneous multiple mergers

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BIVALVE; COALESCENCE; DNA; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 46449135597     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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