Spatial analysis method (SAM): A software tool combining molecular and environmental data to identify candidate loci for selection

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 957-960

  Joost, Stéphane ^a,b   Kalbermatten, Michael ^c   Bonin, Aurélie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b MicroGIS Foundation for Spatial Analysis (MFSA)   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

GIS; Landscape genomics; Local adaptation; Molecular markers; Natural selection; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849103300     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02162.x     Document Type: Article

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