Distortions in genealogies due to purifying selection

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3589-3600

  Nicolaisen, Lauren E ^a,b   Desai, Michael M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coalescent; genealogies; linkage; purifying selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION SIZE; PURIFYING SELECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867825848     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss170     Document Type: Article

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