Transient distribution of the number of segregating sites in a neutral infinite-sites model with no recombination

1 March 1981

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Applied Probability

Vol. 18 (1) , 42-51
https://doi.org/10.2307/3213165

Abstract

The transient distribution of the number of segregating sites in a sample from a large population of 2Ngenes is found. Segregating sites are split into those in common with the sites segregating in the initial population and those segregating due to new mutations. The waiting time distribution for a population to lose all of its initial sites is also studied. A neutral infinite-sites model with no recombination is used. This paper extends the work of Watterson (1975), from the stationary case; and of Li (1977) from the transient distribution in a sample of 2.

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