LDJump: Estimating variable recombination rates from population genetic data.
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SUBMITTER: Hermann P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519033 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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LDJump: Estimating variable recombination rates from population genetic data.
Hermann Philipp P Heissl Angelika A Tiemann-Boege Irene I Futschik Andreas A
Molecular ecology resources 20190404 3
As recombination plays an important role in evolution, its estimation and the identification of hotspot positions is of considerable interest. We propose a novel approach for estimating population recombination rates based on genotyping or sequence data that involves a sequential multiscale change point estimator. Our method also permits demography to be taken into account. It uses several summary statistics within a regression model fitted on suitable scenarios. Our proposed method is accurate, ...[more]
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