Can the site-frequency spectrum distinguish exponential population growth from multiple-merger coalescents?

Eldon, Bjarki; Birkner, Matthias; Blath, Jochen; Freund, Fabian

Eldon, Bjarki; Birkner, Matthias; Blath, Jochen; Freund, Fabian.

Affiliation

Eldon B; TU Berlin, Institut für Mathematik, 10623 Berlin, Germany eldon@math.tu-berlin.de.
Birkner M; JGU Mainz, Institut für Mathematik, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Blath J; TU Berlin, Institut für Mathematik, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
Freund F; University of Hohenheim, Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science, and Population Genetics, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany.

Genetics ; 199(3): 841-56, 2015 Mar.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25575536

Subject(s)

Genetics, Population/methods; Models, Genetic; Bayes Theorem; Likelihood Functions; Population Growth

Key words

approximate Bayesian computation; approximate maximum likelihood test; coalescent; multiple mergers; population growth; site-frequency spectrum

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Genetics, Population / Models, Genetic Type of study: Prognostic_studies Language: En Journal: Genetics Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Germany

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