Formal properties of the probability of fixation: Identities, inequalities and approximations

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 99, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-113

  McCandlish, David M ^a   Epstein, Charles L ^a   Plotkin, Joshua B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Log concavity; Molecular clock; Partially reversed model; Reversibility; Shift model; Weak mutation

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FIXATION; GROWTH MODELING; MARKOV CHAIN; MUTATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS; PROBABILITY; SELECTION;

ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; PROBABILITY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84919933295     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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