Use of cumulative poisson probability distribution as an estimator of the recombination rate in an expanding population: Example of the macaca fascicularis major histocompatibility complex

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-130

  Blancher, Antoine ^a   Aarnink, Alice ^a   Savy, Nicolas ^b   Takahata, Naoyuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expanding population; Macaca fascicularis; Major histocompatibility complex; MHC; Poisson distribution; Recombination rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870670751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.001248     Document Type: Article

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