Inbreeding, pedigree size, and the most recent common ancestor of humanity

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2009.08.006zbMath1403.92181OpenAlexW2131792449WikidataQ37384478 ScholiaQ37384478MaRDI QIDQ1628851

Joseph Lachance

Publication date: 11 December 2018

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

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc2760668

zbMATH Keywords

genealogytheoryinbreedingMRCAbiparental coalescence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10)

Related Items (4)

Ancestries of a recombining diploid population ⋮ The effect of inbreeding constraints and offspring distribution on time to the most recent common ancestor ⋮ Variance and limiting distribution of coalescence times in a diploid model of a consanguineous population ⋮ The existence and abundance of ghost ancestors in biparental populations

Uses Software

• Matlab

Cites Work

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