Automated binning of microsatellite alleles: Problems and solutions

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-14

  Amos, W ^a   Hoffman, J I ^a   Frodsham, A ^b,c   Zhang, L ^b   Best, S ^b   Hill, A V S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABI; Allele calling; Fragment size; GENOTYPER; Genotyping error

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846005112     PISSN: 14718278     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01560.x     Document Type: Article

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