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Bayesian estimation of the timing and severity of a population bottleneck from ancient DNA.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2006
Chan Yvonne L, Anderson Christian N K, Hadly Elizabeth A
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In this first application of the approximate Bayesian computation approach using the serial coalescent, we demonstrated the estimation of historical demographic parameters from ancient DNA. We estimated the timing and severity of a population bottleneck in an endemic subterranean rodent, Ctenomys sociabilis, over the last 10,000 y from two cave sites in northern Patagonia, Argentina. Understanding population...
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