A comparison of two indirect methods for estimating average levels of gene flow using microsatellite data

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1513-1520

  Gaggiotti, O E ^a   Lange, O ^b   Rassmann, K ^c   Gliddon, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

; Gene flow; Genetic differentiation; Microsatellites; R(ST); Stepwise mutation model; Subdivided populations

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MIGRATION; POPULATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 0033197813     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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