A comparison of microsatellite-based pairwise relatedness estimators

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1539-1549

  Van De Casteele, T ^a   Galbusera, P ^a   Matthysen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hirundo rustica; Microsatellites; Monte Carlo simulation; Parus major; Potos flavus; Relatedness; Sampling variation

Indexed keywords

GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034994191     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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