Simple method for analyzing the pattern of DNA polymorphism and its application to SNP data of human

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-360

  Nawa, Nobukazu ^a   Tajima, Fumio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allele frequency spectrum; DNA polymorphism; Population genetics; Population size; SNP

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEGREGATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 54249092024     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.83.353     Document Type: Article

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