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One step beyond lethal equivalents: characterization of deleterious loci in the rapid cycling Brassica rapa L. base population
The total number of lethal equivalents as defined by Morton, Crow and Muller (1956) is a function of three parameters: M, the number of loci at which deleterious mutations can occur, q, the frequency of the de...
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Number of lethal equivalents in human populations: how good are the previous estimates?
Lee et al. (1996) recently developed a method for interval estimation of the number of lethal equivalents by using a hierarchical structure of likelihood functions. This hierarchical model consists of two multino...