Experimental evaluation of the usefulness of microsatellite DNA for detecting demographic bottlenecks

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1517-1528

  Spencer, C C ^a   Neigel, J E ^a   Leberg, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Gambusia; Genetic diversity; Heterozygosity; Mesocosm; Microsatellites; Mosquitofish

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC CHANGE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 0033770859     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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