The number of segregating sites in a sample of DNA sequences from a geographically structured population.

doi:10.1007/s002850050097

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The number of segregating sites in a sample of DNA sequences from a geographically structured population.

Journal of mathematical biology - 1 Dec 1997

Notohara M

Abstract excerpt

The distribution of the number of segregating sites among randomly sampled DNA sequences from a geographically structured population is studied. We assume the infinitely-many-sites model of neutral genes and no recombination. Employing the genealogical process, we derive an equation for the gener...

Topics

DNA
Genetics, Population
Mathematics
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Sampling Studies

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