Evidence for heterozygote instability in microsatellite loci in house wrens

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-130

  Masters, Brian S ^a   Johnson, L Scott ^a   Johnson, Bonnie G P ^a   Brubaker, Jessica L ^a   Sakaluk, Scott K ^b   Thompson, Charles F ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterozygote instability; Microsatellite; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BODY SIZE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MUTATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SONGBIRD;

PASSERI; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 79551479877     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0643     Document Type: Article

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