GENIE: estimating demographic history from molecular phylogenies
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UNLABELLED GENIE implements a statistical framework for inferring the demographic history of a population from phylogenies that have been reconstructed from sampled DNA sequences. The methods are based on population genetic models known collectively as coalescent theory. AVAILABILITY GENIE is available from http://evolve.zoo.ox.ac.uk. All popular operating systems are supported.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Bioinformatics
دوره 18 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002