Entropy and information approaches to genetic diversity and its expression: Genomic geography

Entropy

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1765-1798

  Sherwin, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease phenotypes; Dispersal; DNA sequence; Entropy; Gene expression; Gene regulation; Genes; Genome wide association studies; Information; Linkage disequilibrium; Migration; Natural selection; Subdivision

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956415338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e12071765     Document Type: Review

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