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A gentle introduction to the discrete Laplace method for estimating Y-STR haplotype frequencies

Applications 2013-10-17 v4 Computation

Abstract

Y-STR data simulated under a Fisher-Wright model of evolution with a single-step mutation model turns out to be well predicted by a method using discrete Laplace distributions.

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@article{arxiv.1304.2129,
  title  = {A gentle introduction to the discrete Laplace method for estimating Y-STR haplotype frequencies},
  author = {Mikkel Meyer Andersen and Poul Svante Eriksen and Niels Morling},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.2129},
  year   = {2013}
}

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18 pages, 5 figures