Interval estimation of the effective population size from heterozygote-excess in SNP markers

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 996-1016

  Nomura, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Effective population size; Heterozygote excess; SNP markers

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; HETEROZYGOTE-EXCESS; INTERVAL ESTIMATE; INTERVAL ESTIMATION; MOLECULAR MARKER; POINT ESTIMATE; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM MARKERS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TESTING; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SAMPLE SIZE; SWINE;

EID: 77749323239     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200900097     Document Type: Article

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