Microsatellites: Evolution and Applications - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198504071 ISBN 13: 9780198504078

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Microsatellites are short stretches of repeated DNA that show exceptional variability in humans and most other species. This variability has made microsatellites the genetic marker of choice for numerous applications, including genetic mapping and studies of evolutionary connections between species and populations. This book details the molecular processes which give rise to microsatellite DNA and then describes the wide range of applications in medical genetics, forensics, the study of human evolution, and conservation genetics. Drawing from an international group of researchers, the book presents the theoretical background and the hands-on details for many of the popular analytic methods using microsatellites, including methods for estimating coalescent times, population divergences, and migration.

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About the Author

David B Goldstein, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS david.goldstein@zoo.ox.ac.uk Christian Schlötterer, Institut für Tierzucht und Genetik, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria christian.schloetterer@vu-wien.ac.at

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198504071
• ISBN 13: 9780198504078
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Goldstein David B., Schlotterer Christian