Probability Models for DNA Sequence Evolution.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)

From: Journal of the American Statistical Association | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Probability Models for DNA Sequence Evolution.

Rick DURRETT. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2002. ISBN 0-387-95435-X. viii + 240 pp. $69.95 (H).

The DNA sequences of living organisms represent the outcome of a complicated stochastic process. Probabilistic models of this stochastic evolution, along with statistical methods for hypothesis testing and parameter estimation, are used to infer the nature of the history that gave rise to those DNA sequences.

DNA sequence evolution is generally a tree-like genealogical process, in which new variants arise, reproduce, and then ...

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