Article
Estimation of population parameters and recombination rates from single nucleotide polymorphisms.
Genetics - 1 Feb 2000
Nielsen R
Abstract excerpt
Some general likelihood and Bayesian methods for analyzing single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are presented. First, an efficient method for estimating demographic parameters from SNPs in linkage equilibrium is derived. The method is applied in the estimation of growth rates of a human population based on 37 SNP loci. It is demonstrated how ascertainment biases, due to biased sampling of loci, can be avoided,...
Topics
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Markov Chains
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Recombination, Genetic
