A new test for detecting recent positive selection that is free from the confounding impacts of demography

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 365-375

  Li, Haipeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

adaptation; demography; maximum frequency of derived mutations; population structure; positive selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARAMETER; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78650470089     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq211     Document Type: Article

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