SpectralTDF: transition densities of diffusion processes with time-varying selection parameters, mutation rates and effective population sizes
Author(s) -
Matthias Steinrücken,
Ethan M. Jewett,
Yun S. Song
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv627
Subject(s) - selection (genetic algorithm) , piecewise , mutation , population , function (biology) , diffusion , representation (politics) , constant (computer programming) , effective population size , population size , computer science , mathematics , statistics , biology , genetics , artificial intelligence , physics , demography , genetic variation , mathematical analysis , sociology , politics , political science , law , gene , programming language , thermodynamics
In the Wright-Fisher diffusion, the transition density function describes the time evolution of the population-wide frequency of an allele. This function has several practical applications in population genetics and computing it for biologically realistic scenarios with selection and demography is an important problem.
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