On the distribution of allele frequencies in a diffusion model

DOI10.1016/0040-5809(79)90031-5zbMath0422.92015OpenAlexW2080635079MaRDI QIDQ1134035

Robert C. Griffiths

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-5809(79)90031-5

zbMATH Keywords

neutral modeldiffusion modelABO blood group allele frequenciesdistribution of allele frequenciesheterozygote selectiontest of neutrality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10) Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.) (60J70)

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