Accuracy, efficiency and robustness of four algorithms allowing full sibship reconstruction from DNA marker data

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1589-1600

  Butler, K ^a,b   Field, C ^a   Herbinger, C M ^a   Smith, B R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA marker; Full sib; Likelihood; MCMC; Pedigree reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; GENETIC MARKERS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2542424932     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02152.x     Document Type: Article

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