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Population genetics

an estimate of the population mutation rate from the number of segregating sites in a sample, scaled by sample size.

In population genetics, Watterson's estimator refers to an estimate of the population mutation rate from the number of segregating sites in a sample, scaled by sample size. This meaning comes from Watterson (1975) in Theoretical Population Biology.[1]

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Recovery means
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References

Watterson, G. A. (1975). On the number of segregating sites in genetical models without recombination. Theoretical Population Biology, 7(2), 256-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-5809(75)90020-9

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