Statistical confidence in parentage analysis with incomplete sampling: How many loci and offspring are needed?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 529-539

  Neff, B D ^a   Repka, J ^a   Gross, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bluegill; Genetic markers; Maternity; Parentage analysis; Paternity; Statistical confidence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MODEL; MATING SYSTEM; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PARENTS; PERCIFORMES; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 0034018238     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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