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How to convert an instantaneous mortality rate to a weekly mortality rate
I want to convert an instantaneous mortality rate that is reported per year (actual value = $0.58y^{-1}$) into a weekly mortality rate.
This answer gives the formula as $j=(1+i)^{1/12}-1$ where $j$ ...
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Why the length of the beak of birds of a certain specie follows a normal distribution. Also, IQ
A friend of mine is studying biology, and in a project of hers, she had to measure the beak (and other parts of the body) of some dozens of birds of a same specie, and analyze the data. In particular, ...
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Probability distribution of the number of heterozygous sites
We'll consider a stretch of DNA on a chromosome and we'll be looking at specific sites that are at certain distances on from the others. The distance between any two sites is express in centiMorgan (...
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Biology: Wright-Fisher model of genetic drift
In evolutionary biology (in population genetics to be more accurate) exists the concept of genetic drift. It describes how an allele (gene variant) (that has no advantage or disadvantage in terms of ...
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Given enough DNA samples, would it be possible to reconstruct the entire genealogy tree of humanity? [closed]
DNA samples of live individuals.
It would be more of a mesh/graph than a tree but you get what I mean. I guess we could only have access to potential graphs with varying degrees of probability. In ...
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