Detecting bottlenecks using BOTTLENECK 1.2.02 in wild populations: The importance of the microsatellite structure

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1043-1049

  Cristescu, Romane ^a   Sherwin, William Bruce ^a   Handasyde, Kathrine ^b   Cahill, Valma ^c   Cooper, Desmond W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Dubbo Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Infinite alleles model; Marsupial; Perfect and imperfect repeat microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC MARKER; MARSUPIAL; MUTATION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; SOFTWARE; WILD POPULATION;

METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

EID: 77952878806     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9949-2     Document Type: Article

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