Inference of super-exponential human population growth via efficient computation of the site frequency spectrum for generalized models

Genetics

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 235-245

  Gao, Feng ^a   Keinan, Alon ^a  

^a Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescent; Generalized models; Human demographic history; Population growth; Software

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE FREQUENCY SPECTRUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EUROPE; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION GROWTH; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84953911262     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.180570     Document Type: Article

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