Microsatellite variability in wild populations of the house mouse is not influenced by differences in chromosomal recombination rates

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 629-635

  Thomas, Meike ^a   Ihle, Sonja ^a   Ravaoarimanana, Iary ^a   Kraechter, Susanne ^a   Wiehe, Thomas ^a   Tautz, Diethard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity; Mouse wild type populations; Repeat variance; Selective sweeps

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 15944411373     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00459.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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