Pairwise comparisons of mitochondrial DNA sequences in stable and exponentially growing populations.

doi:10.1093/genetics/129.2.555

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Pairwise comparisons of mitochondrial DNA sequences in stable and exponentially growing populations.

Genetics - 1 Oct 1991

Slatkin M, Hudson R R

Abstract excerpt

We consider the distribution of pairwise sequence differences of mitochondrial DNA or of other nonrecombining portions of the genome in a population that has been of constant size and in a population that has been growing in size exponentially for a long time. We show that, in a population of con...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
DNA, Mitochondrial
Genetic Variation
Humans
Mathematics
Models, Genetic
Population Growth
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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