Allele excess at neutrally evolving microsatellites and the implications for tests of neutrality

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1541, 2004, Pages 869-874

  Schlötterer, Christian ^a   Kauer, Max ^a   Dieringer, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allele excess; Hitchhiking mapping; Microsatellites; Neutrality test

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; EVOLUTION;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 11144356291     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2662     Document Type: Article

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