The computer program STRUCTURE does not reliably identify the main genetic clusters within species: Simulations and implications for human population structure

Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-632

  Kalinowski, S T ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

evolutionary tree, humans; population genetics; population structure; STRUCTURE

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DIVERGENCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79953123367     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.95     Document Type: Article

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