On recombination-induced multiple and simultaneous coalescent events.

Journal article

Coalescent theory deals with the dynamics of how sampled genetic material has spread through a population from a single ancestor over many generations and is ubiquitous in contemporary molecular population genetics. Inherent in most applications is a continuous-time approximation that is derived under the assumption that sample size is small relative to the actual population size. In effect, this precludes multiple and simultaneous coalescent events that take place in the history of large sam...

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Authors: Davies, J; Simancík, F; Lyngsø, R; Mailund, T; Hein, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Genetics
• Volume: 177
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 2151-2160
• Publication date: 2007-12-01
• DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.071126
• EISSN: 1943-2631
• ISSN: 0016-6731
• Language: English
• Keywords: Genome, Human; Gene Conversion; Genetics, Population; Recombination, Genetic; Time; Humans; Models, Genetic