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Do estimates of contemporary effective population size tell us what we want to know? by Ryman, Nils, Laikre, Linda, Hössjer, Ola

“…Estimation of effective population size (Ne) from genetic marker data is a major focus for biodiversity conservation because it is essential to know at what…”
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Using statistical methods to model the fine-tuning of molecular machines and systems by Thorvaldsen, Steinar, Hössjer, Ola

“…[Display omitted] •Statistical methods are appropriate for modelling fine-tuning.•Fine-tuning is detected in functional proteins, cellular networks…”
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Use of directed quasi-metric distances for quantifying the information of gene families by Thorvaldsen, Steinar, Hössjer, Ola

“…A large hindrance to analyzing information in genetic or protein sequence data has been a lack of a mathematical framework for doing so. In this paper, we…”
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Estimating the information content of genetic sequence data by Thorvaldsen, Steinar, Hössjer, Ola

“…Abstract A prominent problem in analysing genetic information has been a lack of mathematical frameworks for doing so. This article offers some new statistical…”
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Variance effective population size is affected by census size in sub‐structured populations by Ryman, Nils, Laikre, Linda, Hössjer, Ola

“…Measurement of allele frequency shifts between temporally spaced samples has long been used for assessment of effective population size (Ne), and this…”
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A spatio-temporal point process model for particle growth by Hössjer, Ola

“…A spatio-temporal model of particle or star growth is defined, whereby new unit masses arrive sequentially in discrete time. These unit masses are referred to…”
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Effects of subpopulation extinction on effective size (Ne) of metapopulations by Kurland, Sara, Ryman, Nils, Hössjer, Ola, Laikre, Linda

“…Population extinction is ubiquitous in all taxa. Such extirpations can reduce intraspecific diversity, but the extent to which genetic diversity of surviving…”
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On the eigenvalue effective size of structured populations by Hössjer, Ola

“…A general theory is developed for the eigenvalue effective size ( N e E ) of structured populations in which a gene with two alleles segregates in discrete…”
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On the waiting time until coordinated mutations get fixed in regulatory sequences by Hössjer, Ola, Bechly, Günter, Gauger, Ann

“…•We study the waiting time until a number of coordinated mutations appear and change the expression of m genes in a population.•These mutations generate…”
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The representation, quantification, and nature of genetic information by Thorvaldsen, Steinar, Øhrstrøm, Peter, Hössjer, Ola

“…Current genetics studies often refer to notions from information science. The purpose of this paper is to summarize and structure the different notions of…”
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Classification Under Partial Reject Options by Karlsson, Måns, Hössjer, Ola

“…In many applications there is ambiguity about which (if any) of a finite number N of hypotheses that best fits an observation. It is of interest then to…”
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What does effective population size tell us about loss of allelic variation? by Allendorf, Fred W., Hössjer, Ola, Ryman, Nils

“…There are two primary measures of the amount of genetic variation in a population at a locus: heterozygosity and the number of alleles. Effective population…”
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On the use of L-functionals in regression models by Hössjer, Ola, Karlsson, Måns

“…In this article, we survey and unify a large class or -functionals of the conditional distribution of the response variable in regression models. This includes…”
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Assessment of the Global Variance Effective Size of Subdivided Populations, and Its Relation to Other Effective Sizes by Hössjer, Ola, Laikre, Linda, Ryman, Nils

“…The variance effective population size ( N eV ) is frequently used to quantify the expected rate at which a population’s allele frequencies change over time…”
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An Information Theoretic Approach to Prevalence Estimation and Missing Data by Hossjer, Ola, Diaz-Pachon, Daniel Andres, Zhao, Chen, Rao, J. Sunil

“…Many data sources, including tracking social behavior to election polling to testing studies for understanding disease spread, are subject to sampling bias…”
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Local fluctuations of genetic processes defined on two time scales, with applications to effective size estimation by Hössjer, Ola, Tyvand, Peder A.

“…In this paper we develop a general framework for how the genetic composition of a structured population with strong migration between its subunits, evolves…”
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Assessing, Testing and Estimating the Amount of Fine-Tuning by Means of Active Information by Díaz-Pachón, Daniel Andrés, Hössjer, Ola

“…A general framework is introduced to estimate how much external information has been infused into a search algorithm, the so-called active information. This is…”
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Sometimes Size Does Not Matter by Díaz-Pachón, Daniel Andrés, Hössjer, Ola, Marks, Robert J.

“…Recently Díaz, Hössjer and Marks (DHM) presented a Bayesian framework to measure cosmological tuning (either fine or coarse) that uses maximum entropy (maxent)…”
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Sharp lower and upper bounds for the covariance of bounded random variables by Hossjer, O, Sjolander, A

“…In this paper we derive sharp lower and upper bounds for the covariance of two bounded random variables which are applicable when knowledge about their…”
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gesp: A computer program for modelling genetic effective population size, inbreeding and divergence in substructured populations by Olsson, Fredrik, Laikre, Linda, Hössjer, Ola, Ryman, Nils

“…The genetically effective population size (Ne) is of key importance for quantifying rates of inbreeding and genetic drift and is often used in conservation…”
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