The number of alleles at a microsatellite defines the allele frequency spectrum and facilitates fast accurate estimation of θ

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2702-2715

  Haasl, Ryan J ^a   Payseur, Bret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

(theta); allele frequency spectrum; microsatellite; stepwise mutation model

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARAMETER; SIMULATION;

ALLELES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

EID: 78649362185     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq164     Document Type: Article

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