A populationwide coalescent analysis of Icelandic matrilineal and patrilineal genealogies: Evidence for a faster evolutionary rate of mtDNA lineages than Y chromosomes. (decode.com)
Based on coalescent theory, an approach to population genetics that uses genetic diversity to trace genealogies, Pybus developed calculations that generate approximate chronologies of viral epidemics. (discovermagazine.com)
The researchers also used something called coalescent modelling to figure out at what point the golden - crowned split off from its parental species. (sciencedaily.com)