Definition of "coalescent" []

• Causing coalescence (adjective)
• Any agent that causes coalesence (noun)

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• "The coalescent is a tree with maximal score, which can explain observed distribution of markers in population with maximal likelihood."
• "We have a political class in thrall to this orthodoxy in three shades – true blue Tories, custard-coloured coalescent Tories and Financial Times pink Tories."
• "(Edited to add: Thanks to coalescent and andrewducker for pointing out ajr's posts on this here and here.)"