Inference of demographic history from genealogical trees using reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Coalescent theory is a general framework to model genetic variation in a population. Specifically, it allows inference about population parameters from sampled DNA sequences. However, most currently employed variants of coalescent th...

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Main Authors: Fahrmeir Ludwig, Opgen-Rhein Rainer, Strimmer Korbinian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/5/6