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Poisson distribution

poisson distribution

(Science: epidemiology) The distribution which arises when parasites are distributed at random amongst hosts.


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Establishing correlation between SNP and disorder

... same problem, she has 5 SNP's... Maybe you can use the hypergeometric distribution to calculate the chances? (Or was it Poisson distribution). Anyway the best you can do is talk to your faculty statistician and ...

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by GreenDog
Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:29 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Establishing correlation between SNP and disorder
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Mutual Divorce!!!

... DNA finger printing to guess when did the two lines separated. Using Poisson distribution and exponential rate law we can give approx time when two lines got separated ...

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by 2810712
Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:21 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Mutual Divorce!!!
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Conjugation Mapping Basics

... linear, say)? In fact the expected frequency can be calculated using Poisson distribution to a good agreement with the actual experimental value. What feature of this system ...

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by cytochromeP
Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:53 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Conjugation Mapping Basics
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Views: 1016


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