title: Technical note: A method for assignment of the weight of characters.
abstract: The weight of characters is a crucial step in different population analyses. We propose a new formula to facilitate this while establishing a scale that follows the criteria of the probability of change in each character. This method is described for drawing of median-joining networks, yet it could also be used for other methods in which the weight of the characters is required.
authors: Laboratorio de Genética Molecular Poblacional, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular, CICPBA, CCT La Plata-CONICET, Argentina. marinamuzzio@yahoo.com.ar
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Muzzio
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Muzzio
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Bravi
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Bailliet
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005828:Genetics, Population / Q000379:methods*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009154:Mutation; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic