A phylogenetic estimator of effective population size or mutation rate.

doi:10.1093/genetics/136.2.685

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A phylogenetic estimator of effective population size or mutation rate.

Genetics - 1 Feb 1994

Fu Y X

Abstract excerpt

A new estimator of the essential parameter theta = 4Ne mu from DNA polymorphism data is developed under the neutral Wright-Fisher model without recombination and population subdivision, where Ne is the effective population size and mu is the mutation rate per locus per generation. The new estimat...

Topics

DNA, Mitochondrial
Indians, North American
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Phylogeny
Population Density

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