A method for adjusting allele frequencies in the case of microsatellite allele drop-out

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 676-679

  Björklund, Mats ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drop out; FST; Hardy Weinberg; Microsatellites; Sampling error; Scoring error

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344450241     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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