R(st) calc: A collection of computer programs for calculating estimates of genetic differentiation from microsatellite data and determining their significance

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 881-885

  Goodman, S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Bootstrap; Genetic differentiation; Microsatellite; Permutation test; R(ST)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030766607     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.1997.tb00143.x     Document Type: Article

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