Inference on the strength of balancing selection for epistatically interacting loci

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 102-113

  Buzbas, Erkan Ozge ^a   Joyce, Paul ^b   Rosenberg, Noah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; Epistatic interactions; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ANTAGONISM; EPISTASIS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MARKOV CHAIN; MUTATION; SYNERGISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC EPISTASIS; HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 79953028407     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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