The time to the ancestor along sequences with recombination

Authors
Griffiths, RC
Citation
Rc. Griffiths, The time to the ancestor along sequences with recombination, THEOR POP B, 55(2), 1999, pp. 137-144
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00405809 → ACNP
Volume
55
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
137 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-5809(199904)55:2<137:TTTTAA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
In a sample of DNA sequences where recombination can occur to the ancestors of the sample, distinct parts of the sequences may have different most rec ent common ancestors. This paper presents a Markov chain Monte Carlo algori thm for computing the expected time to the most recent common ancestor alon g the sequences, conditional on where the mutations occur on the sequences. (C) 1999 Academic Press.