The waiting time for m mutations

Electronic Journal of Probability

Volumn 13, Issue , 2008, Pages 1442-1478

  Schweinsberg, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Moran model; Mutations; Population genetics; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349083777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/EJP.v13-540     Document Type: Article

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