Detecting the number of clusters of individuals using the software STRUCTURE: A simulation study

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2611-2620

  Evanno, G ^a   Regnaut, S ^a   Goudet, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Population Genetics ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AFLP; Hierarchical structure; Microsatellite; Simulations; STRUCTURE software

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLE SIZE;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 21244479740     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02553.x     Document Type: Article

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