Application of SNPs for population genetics of nonmodel organisms: New opportunities and challenges

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 123-136

  Helyar, S J ^a   Hemmer Hansen, J ^b   Bekkevold, D ^b   Taylor, M I ^a   Ogden, R ^c   Limborg, M T ^b   Cariani, A ^d   Maes, G E ^e   Diopere, E ^e   Carvalho, G R ^a   Nielsen, E E ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ascertainment bias; Nonneutral loci; Outlier detection; Population genomics; Population structure; Software

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMICS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79951759855     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02943.x     Document Type: Article

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