Article
On the genealogy of a rare allele.
Theoretical population biology - 1 Dec 1997
Rannala B
Abstract excerpt
The gene genealogy is derived for a rare allele that is descended from a mutant ancestor that arose at a fixed time in the past. Following Thompson (1976, Amer. J. Human Genet. 28, 442-452), the fractional linear branching process is used as a model of the demography of a rare allele. The model d...
Topics
- Alleles
- Demography
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Pedigree