The benefits of increasing the number of microsatellites utilized in genetic population studies: An empirical perspective

Hereditas

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-67

  Koskinen, Mikko T ^a,b   Hirvonen, Heikki ^a   Landry, Pierre Alexandre ^a   Primmer, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Finnzymes Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SALMONID; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SALMONIDAE;

SALMONIDAE; THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 4544371090     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2004.01804.x     Document Type: Article

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