Precision and accuracy of divergence time estimates from STR and SNPSTR variation

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1960-1971

  Ramakrishnan, Uma ^a   Mountain, Joanna L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy and precision; Divergence time estimation; Linked markers; SNP; STR

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOPLASY; HUMAN; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION GENETICS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 4944227513     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh212     Document Type: Article

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