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... Wilson, 1991, "Branching pattern in the evolutionary tree for human mitochondrial DNA," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 88, 1597-1601. Estabrook, G.F., C.S.
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... Nei, M., 1992, "Age of the common ancestor of human mitochondrial DNA," Mol.
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... Kocher, and A.C. Wilson, 1989, "Mitochondrial DNA sequences in single hairs from a South African population," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 86, 9350-9354.
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Key Terms

  • population genetics
  • segregating sites
  • human mitochondrial
  • population size
  • ewens sampling

  • sampling formula
  • mitochondrial genome
  • common ancestor
  • total variation
  • sequence data

  • effective population
  • random mappings
  • selectively neutral
  • dna sequence
  • combinatorial structures

  • mitochondrial dna
  • dna sequences
  • sciences usa
  • sampling theory
  • poisson process

  • process approximations
  • mutation rates


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