SPLATCHE2: A spatially explicit simulation framework for complex demography, genetic admixture and recombination

Bioinformatics

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2993-2994

  Ray, Nicolas ^a   Currat, Mathias ^a   Foll, Matthieu ^b,c   Excoffier, Laurent ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; POPULATION GROUPS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78449304078     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq579     Document Type: Article

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