Microsatellites can be misleading: An empirical and simulation study

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1414-1422

  Balloux, François ^a,b   Brunner, Harald ^a   Lugon Moulin, Nicolas ^a   Hausser, Jacques ^a   Goudet, Jéarôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Common shrew; F statistics; Mitochondrial DNA; R statistics; Sorex araneus; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOME; GENE FLOW; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; MALE STERILITY; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SIMULATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

DIVERGENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

SOREX ARANEUS;

EID: 0033831392     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00573.x     Document Type: Article

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