J Wakeley

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Affiliation: Rutgers University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Distinguishing migration from isolation using the variance of pairwise differences
    J Wakeley
    Department of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
    Theor Popul Biol 49:369-86. 1996
  2. ncbi Estimating ancestral population parameters
    J Wakeley
    Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855 1059, USA
    Genetics 145:847-55. 1997
  3. ncbi Using the variance of pairwise differences to estimate the recombination rate
    J Wakeley
    Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
    Genet Res 69:45-8. 1997
  4. ncbi Segregating sites in Wright's island model
    J Wakeley
    Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers, University, New Jersey, USA
    Theor Popul Biol 53:166-74. 1998
  5. ncbi The population genetics of the origin and divergence of the Drosophila simulans complex species
    R M Kliman
    Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 8082, USA
    Genetics 156:1913-31. 2000
  6. ncbi Gene flow and natural selection in the origin of Drosophila pseudoobscura and close relatives
    R L Wang
    Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Nelson Labs, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855 1059, USA
    Genetics 147:1091-106. 1997
  7. ncbi A coalescent estimator of the population recombination rate
    J Hey
    Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Nelson Laboratories, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855 1059, USA
    Genetics 145:833-46. 1997
  8. ncbi The coalescent in an island model of population subdivision with variation among demes
    J Wakeley
    Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    Theor Popul Biol 59:133-44. 2001
  9. ncbi Directional selection and the site-frequency spectrum
    C D Bustamante
    Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    Genetics 159:1779-88. 2001
  10. ncbi Recent trends in population genetics: more data! More math! Simple models?
    J Wakeley
    Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 2102 Biological Laboratories, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    J Hered 95:397-405. 2004

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Publications12

  1. ncbi Distinguishing migration from isolation using the variance of pairwise differences
    J Wakeley
    Department of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
    Theor Popul Biol 49:369-86. 1996
    ..The power and realized significance of the test are investigated using simulations, and an example using mitochondrial DNA illustrates its application...
  2. ncbi Estimating ancestral population parameters
    J Wakeley
    Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855 1059, USA
    Genetics 145:847-55. 1997
    ..Computer simulations show that current and historical population parameters can be estimated accurately. The methods are applied to DNA data from two species of Drosophila and to some human mitochondrial DNA sequences...
  3. ncbi Using the variance of pairwise differences to estimate the recombination rate
    J Wakeley
    Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
    Genet Res 69:45-8. 1997
    ..The variance of the average number of pairwise differences is also derived, and is important in the formulation of the new estimator...
  4. ncbi Segregating sites in Wright's island model
    J Wakeley
    Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers, University, New Jersey, USA
    Theor Popul Biol 53:166-74. 1998
    ..A new estimator of the population migration rate is proposed and is shown to outperform the widely used pairwise method...
  5. ncbi The population genetics of the origin and divergence of the Drosophila simulans complex species
    R M Kliman
    Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 8082, USA
    Genetics 156:1913-31. 2000
    ..The exception is one gene copy at one locus in D. sechellia, which closely resembled other D. simulans sequences. The overall picture is of two allopatric speciation events that occurred quite near one another in time...
  6. ncbi Gene flow and natural selection in the origin of Drosophila pseudoobscura and close relatives
    R L Wang
    Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Nelson Labs, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855 1059, USA
    Genetics 147:1091-106. 1997
    ..This family of models includes some sympatric and parapatric speciation models, as well as models of secondary contact and subsequent reinforcement of sexual isolation...
  7. ncbi A coalescent estimator of the population recombination rate
    J Hey
    Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Nelson Laboratories, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855 1059, USA
    Genetics 145:833-46. 1997
    ..If there exists an independent estimate of the recombination rate (per generation, per base pair), gamma can be used to estimate the effective population size or the neutral mutation rate...
  8. ncbi The coalescent in an island model of population subdivision with variation among demes
    J Wakeley
    Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    Theor Popul Biol 59:133-44. 2001
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  9. ncbi Directional selection and the site-frequency spectrum
    C D Bustamante
    Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    Genetics 159:1779-88. 2001
    ..We also find that the LRT is not robust to deviations from the assumption of independence among sites...
  10. ncbi Recent trends in population genetics: more data! More math! Simple models?
    J Wakeley
    Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 2102 Biological Laboratories, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    J Hered 95:397-405. 2004
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  11. ncbi Effects of intra-gene fitness interactions on the benefit of sexual recombination
    R A Watson
    Natural Systems Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science, Southampton University, Southampton, UK
    Biochem Soc Trans 34:560-1. 2006
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  12. ncbi Expected coalescence times and segregating sites in a model of glacial cycles
    F F Jesus
    Departamento de Genetica e Evolucao, Instituto de Biologia, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brasil
    Genet Mol Res 5:466-74. 2006
    ..This points to the importance of population structure in the history of species subject to climatic fluctuations, and helps explain the long gene genealogies observed in several organisms...