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Estimating the Age of the Common Ancestor of a DNA Sample Using the Number of Segregating Sites

Estimating the Age of the Common Ancestor of a DNA Sample Using the Number of Segregating Sites

Abstract The number of segregating sites in a sample of DNA sequences and the age of the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of the sequences in the sample are positively correlated. The value of the former can be used to estimate the value of the latter. Using the coalescent approach, …