?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=English+Surnames%3A+DNA%2C+plural+origins+and+emigration&rft.creator=Plant%2C+Dr+John+S&rft.creator=Plant%2C+Prof+Richard+E&rft.subject=Population+Biology&rft.subject=Statistical+Models&rft.description=Since+the+turn+of+the+millennium%2C+DNA+testing+has+helped+with+establishing+the+sizes+of+biological+descent+families+within+surnames.+Some+surnames+have+a+dominant+family%3A+their+remaining+populations+can+be+ascribed+either+to+NPEs+(non+paternity+events)or+to+smaller+separate-origin+families.+Previously%2C+there+was+no+direct+evidence+as+to+how+large+each+male-line+family+could+grow+within+a+surname%2C%0D%0Aconsidering+that+real-life+plural-origin+surnames+could+contain+a+few+or+many+separate-origin+families+of+various+sizes.+However%2C+DNA+testing+is+providing+evidence+to+help+indicate+in+particular+the+size+of+the+largest+male-line+medieval+descent+family+in+a+surname.+We+here+perform+statistical+analyses+of+some+relevant+DNA+results.+This+allows+us+to+compare+the+DNA+results+with+some+predicted+findings+from+our+computer+simulations.%0D%0A%0D%0A&rft.date=2014-06-14&rft.type=Other&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9748%2F1%2FESDE-Guild-June2014.pdf&rft.identifier=++Plant%2C+Dr+John+S+and+Plant%2C+Prof+Richard+E++(2014)+English+Surnames%3A+DNA%2C+plural+origins+and+emigration.++++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9748%2F