Publications [#243480] of Richard T. Durrett

Papers Published

1. Durrett, R; Kruglyak, S, A new stochastic model of microsatellite evolution, Journal of Applied Probability, vol. 36 no. 3 (January, 1999), pp. 621-631, Cambridge University Press (CUP) [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/04/15)

   Abstract:
   We introduce a continuous-time Markov chain model for the evolution of microsatellites, simple sequence repeats in DNA. We prove the existence of a unique stationary distribution for our model, and fit the model to data from approximately 106 base pairs of DNA from fruit flies, mice, and humans. The slippage rates from the best fit for our model are consistent with experimental findings.