Effects of sample size, number of markers, and allelic richness on the detection of spatial genetic pattern

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 276-284

  Landguth, Erin L ^a   Fedy, Bradley C ^b,c   Oyler Mccance, Sara J ^c   Garey, Andrew L ^d   Emel, Sarah L ^e   Mumma, Matthew ^f   Wagner, Helene H ^g   Fortin, Marie Josée ^g   Cushman, Samuel A ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal modelling; Cdpop; Isolation by barrier; Isolation by distance; Isolation by landscape resistance; Partial Mantel test; Sampling; Simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856760886     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03077.x     Document Type: Article

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