Estimating null allele frequencies at a microsatellite locus in the oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1413-1417

  Van Treuren, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Haematopus ostralegus; Heterozygote deficiency; Inheritance; Microsatellites; Null allele; Progeny analysis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AVIAN GENETICS; BREEDING METHODS; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; INHERITANCE; MICROSATELLITE LOCUS; POPULATION GENETICS;

HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS;

EID: 0031660754     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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