Alternatives to the Wright-Fisher model: the robustness of mitochondrial Eve dating

DOI10.1016/j.tpb.2010.06.001zbMath1403.92136OpenAlexW2064327389WikidataQ34124103 ScholiaQ34124103MaRDI QIDQ1630950

Krzysztof A. Cyran, Marek Kimmel

Publication date: 5 December 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2010.06.001

zbMATH Keywords

computer simulationsWright-Fisher modelbranching processes genealogycoalescence distributionMtEve datingNeanderthal mtDNAO'Connell model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10)

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