Infering population history with DIY ABC: a user-friendly approach to Approximate Bayesian Computation
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Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College, St Mary’s Campus Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, U.K. Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations,INRA, Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016 Montferriersur-Lez, 34988 Saint-Gély-du-Fesc Cedex, France School of Biological Sciences, Lyle Building, The University of Reading Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AS, UK CEREMADE, Université Paris-Dauphine, Place Delattre de Tassigny, 75775 Paris cedex 16, France INRIA Saclay, Projet select, Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire de Mathématiques (Bât. 425), 91400 Orsay, France f UMR 1301 I.B.S.V. INRA-UNSA-CNRS. 400 Route des Chappes. BP 167 06903 Sophia Antipolis cedex. France
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