Michael Philip Schwarz

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Are neutral mutations possible in mitochondria when selection is operating on any other sites??

I have a problem with understanding how ‘neutral’ or synonymous mutations in mitogenomes can be treated in coalescent analyses that require selective neutrality, such as BSP, eBSP or mismatch...

26 July 2020 3,344 1 View

We wish to use SNP data to evaluate asymmetrical relatedness coefficients in haplodiploids. Any recommended software for this (other than COLONY)?

Much of the SNP software for estimating pairwise relatedness does not seem to entail options for estimating regression-based pairwise relatedness in haplodiploid species where, e.g.,...

10 May 2019 3,658 0 View

Many estimates of divergence dates based on nucleote substitutions are basd on calendar years, but shouldn't this be the number of generations?

We are exploring multiple methods for estimating divergence times using mitochondrial sequences. There seems to be a common approach that converts % sequence divergence into calendar years (very...

26 December 2017 9,750 3 View