Using molecular markers with high mutation rates to obtain estimates of relative population size and to distinguish the effects of gene flow and mutation: A demonstration using data from endemic Mauritian skinks

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 775-787

  Nichols, R A ^a   Freeman, K L M ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAURITIAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; FST; Gene flow; Island populations; MCMC

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LIZARD; MAURITIUS; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIZARDS; MAURITIUS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1642389899     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02112.x     Document Type: Article

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