Estimating relatedness and relationships using microsatellite loci with null alleles

Heredity

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 336-345

  Wagner, A P ^a   Creel, S ^a   Kalinowski, S T ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Hyaena hyaena; Null alleles; Parentage; Relatedness; Relationship

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; CARNIVORE; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; RELATEDNESS;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARNIVORA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HYAENIDAE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROBABILITY;

HYAENA HYAENA;

EID: 33646865401     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800865     Document Type: Article

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