Appropriate homoplasy metrics in linked SSRs to predict an underestimation of demographic expansion times

Abstract Background Homoplasy affects demographic inference estimates. This effect has been recognized and corrective methods have been developed. However, no studies so far have defined what homoplasy metrics best describe the effects on demographic inference, or have attempted to estimate such met...

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Main Authors: Diego Ortega-Del Vecchyo, Daniel Piñero, Lev Jardón-Barbolla, Joost van Heerwaarden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-1046-4