An unbiased estimator of gene diversity in samples containing related individuals

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 501-512

  DeGiorgio, Michael ^a   Rosenberg, Noah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity; Identity by descent; Kinship coefficient

Indexed keywords

FAMILY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; METHODS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 60149105206     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn254     Document Type: Article

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