Allelematch: An R package for identifying unique multilocus genotypes where genotyping error and missing data may be present

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 771-778

  Galpern, Paul ^a   Manseau, Micheline ^a,b   Hettinga, Peter ^a   Smith, Karen ^c   Wilson, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic tree cutting; Genotyping error; Identity analysis; Missing data; Noninvasive genetic sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METHODOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

GENOTYPE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84862218569     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03137.x     Document Type: Article

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