The structure of genealogies and the distribution of fixed differences between DNA sequence samples from natural populations.

doi:10.1093/genetics/128.4.831

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The structure of genealogies and the distribution of fixed differences between DNA sequence samples from natural populations.

Genetics - 1 Aug 1991

Hey J

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When two samples of DNA sequences are compared, one way in which they may differ is in the presence of fixed differences, which are defined as sites at which all of the sequences in one sample are different from all of the sequences in a second sample. The probability distribution of the number o...

Topics

Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Forecasting
Genetics, Population
Mathematics
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Pedigree
Probability
Sampling Studies

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