Maximum likelihood estimation of locus-specific mutation rates in Y-chromosome short tandem repeats

Bioinformatics

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Ravid Amir, Osnat ^a   Rosset, Saharon ^a  

^a Department of Statistics and Operation Research ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION;

EID: 77956552658     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq367     Document Type: Article

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