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Subject: [DNA] Re: Mutation rate & MRCA calculator
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 12:15:02 EST


Education needed:

Is the mutation rate used based upon avg. over the number of markers listed ?

What about a mutation rate for each marker ?

Why do the median # of Generations reduce as the Mutation rate increases ?
i.e. Using .002 with 15 markers = 11.6 generations
Using .003 " " 7.7 "

Am I confusing the mutation rate with the number of mutations ? Duh !

Lloyd

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