A new method to estimate relatedness from molecular markers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1657-1667

  Fernandez J ^a   Toro, M A ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Co ancestry; Genealogy reconstruction; Molecular markers; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY;

ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33645888671     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02873.x     Document Type: Article

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