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A comparison of microsatellite-based pairwise relatedness estimators.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2001
Van de Casteele T, Galbusera P, Matthysen E
Abstract excerpt
Studies of inbreeding depression or kin selection require knowledge of relatedness between individuals. If pedigree information is lacking, one has to rely on genotypic information to infer relatedness. In this study we investigated the performance (absolute and relative) of 10 marker-based relatedness estimators using allele frequencies at microsatellite loci obtained from natural populations of two bird species...
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