Population genetics of neutral mutations in exponentially growing cancer cell populations

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 230-250

  Durrett, Rick ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer model; Exponentially growing population; Multitype branching process; Site frequency spectrum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879629520     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/11-AAP824     Document Type: Article

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