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Using temporally spaced sequences to simultaneously estimate migration rates, mutation rate and population sizes in measurably evolving populations.
Genetics - 1 Dec 2004
Ewing Greg, Nicholls Geoff, Rodrigo Allen
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We present a Bayesian statistical inference approach for simultaneously estimating mutation rate, population sizes, and migration rates in an island-structured population, using temporal and spatial sequence data. Markov chain Monte Carlo is used to collect samples from the posterior probability distribution. We demonstrate that this chain implementation successfully reaches equilibrium and recovers truth for...
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