Universal features of surname distribution in a subsample of a growing population

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-256

  Maruvka, Yosi E ^a   Shnerb, Nadav M ^a   Kessler, David A ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coalescent; Distribution; Family size; Growing population

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENEALOGY; GROWTH RATE; MUTATION; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY SIZE; GENEALOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CENSUSES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGLAND; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; NAMES; NORWAY; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450231621     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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