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From: "Joe Knapp" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Help please with marker 458
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:02:08 -0400
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On 7/15/07, Rebekah <> wrote:
> So... each woman only gets one man? Even if the schmuck falls into a
> river three days after they are wed? How about you adjust things to
> model some documented group? :-) Say ummm, the Knapps. ;-)

The the model is only "till death do us part"--after death of a
spouse, people get in line for marriage again. That models the ideal
nuclear family at least. There's also an option for "pan-mictic"
mating, an odd word for anything goes, but that's not very realistic
even among hunter-gatherers or hippies for that matter. ;)

Joe

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