Challenges in analysis and interpretation of microsatellite data for population genetic studies

AI Putman, I Carbone - Ecology and evolution, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Advancing technologies have facilitated the ever‐widening application of genetic markers
such as microsatellites into new systems and research questions in biology. In light of the …

Implications of large-effect loci for conservation: A review and case study with Pacific salmon

RS Waples, MJ Ford, K Nichols, M Kardos… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The increasing feasibility of assembling large genomic datasets for non-model species
presents both opportunities and challenges for applied conservation and management. A …

An empirical comparison of population genetic analyses using microsatellite and SNP data for a species of conservation concern

SJ Zimmerman, CL Aldridge, SJ Oyler-McCance - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background Use of genomic tools to characterize wildlife populations has increased in
recent years. In the past, genetic characterization has been accomplished with more …

Estimates of Genetic Differentiation Measured by FST Do Not Necessarily Require Large Sample Sizes When Using Many SNP Markers

EM Willing, C Dreyer, C Van Oosterhout - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Population genetic studies provide insights into the evolutionary processes that influence
the distribution of sequence variants within and among wild populations. FST is among the …

Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and applications of SNP genotyping in nonmodel organisms.

JE Seeb, G Carvalho, L Hauser… - Molecular ecology …, 2011 - search.ebscohost.com
An introduction to articles published within the issue is presented, including an approach to
discover single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) for population genetics study of the ringed …

QDD version 3.1: A user‐friendly computer program for microsatellite selection and primer design revisited: Experimental validation of variables determining …

E Meglécz, N Pech, A Gilles, V Dubut… - Molecular ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Microsatellite marker development has been greatly simplified by the use of high‐throughput
sequencing followed by in silico microsatellite detection and primer design. However, the …

Assessing statistical power of SNPs for population structure and conservation studies

PA Morin, KK Martien, BL Taylor - Molecular Ecology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been proposed by some as the new frontier
for population studies, and several papers have presented theoretical and empirical …

Multi-locus inference of population structure: a comparison between single nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites

RJ Haasl, BA Payseur - Heredity, 2011 - nature.com
Although growing numbers of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and microsatellites
(short tandem repeat polymorphisms or STRPs) are used to infer population structure, their …

Microhaplotypes provide increased power from short‐read DNA sequences for relationship inference

DS Baetscher, AJ Clemento, TC Ng… - Molecular Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The accelerating rate at which DNA sequence data are now generated by high‐throughput
sequencing instruments provides both opportunities and challenges for population genetic …

Conservation genomics of anadromous Atlantic salmon across its North American range: outlier loci identify the same patterns of population structure as neutral loci

JS Moore, V Bourret, M Dionne, I Bradbury… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Anadromous Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is a species of major conservation and
management concern in North America, where population abundance has been declining …