Towards Improvements in the Estimation of the Coalescent: Implications for the Most Effective Use of Y Chromosome Short Tandem Repeat Mutation Rates

Steven C. Bird

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048638

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Towards Improvements in the Estimation of the Coalescent: Implications for the Most Effective Use of Y Chromosome Short Tandem Repeat Mutation Rates

Steven C. Bird

* E-mail: sb1611@txstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, United States of America
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Towards Improvements in the Estimation of the Coalescent: Implications for the Most Effective Use of Y Chromosome Short Tandem Repeat Mutation Rates

Steven C. Bird

Published: October 31, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048638

About the Authors

Steven C. Bird

* E-mail: sb1611@txstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCB. Performed the experiments: SCB. Analyzed the data: SCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCB. Wrote the paper: SCB.

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