DNA fingerprinting data and the problem of non-independence among pairwise comparisons

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-227

  Danforth, B N ^a,b   Freeman Gallant, C R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Entomology ^*

Author keywords

Band sharing; Covariance; DNA fingerprinting; Non independence; Population structure

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; RODENTIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BEE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEES; BIRDS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS, POPULATION;

EID: 0030117616     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00309.x     Document Type: Article

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