Open AccessEstimation of the Population Scaled Mutation Rate From Microsatellite Data
Author(s) -
Peter Beerli
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1534/genetics.107.078931
Subject(s) - biology , microsatellite , genetics , mutation rate , mutation , population , estimation , computational biology , evolutionary biology , allele , gene , demography , management , sociology , economics
IN a recent issue of Genetics, [RoyChoudhury and Stephens (2007)][1] showcased a new method for estimating the population scaled mutation rate θ from microsatellite data; θ is equivalent to four times the effective population size times the mutation rate per generation and can also be viewed as
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