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- Title
How many genetic markers to tag an individual? An empirical assessment of false matching rates among close relatives.
- Authors
Rew, Mary Beth; Robbins, Jooke; Mattila, David; Palsbøll, Per J.; Bérubé, Martine
- Abstract
The article presents a study which determines the number false matches among the close relatives of maternally related humpback whales. It outlines the method of the study which observes contributions of false matching samples from pairs of first-order relatives. The result of the study indicates that the total number of observed matches agreed well with expectations based on the established probabilities and estimated unrelated individuals.
- Subjects
HUMPBACK whale; PROBABILITY theory; STATISTICAL correlation; WHALES; MARINE animals
- Publication
Ecological Applications, 2011, Vol 21, Issue 3, p877
- ISSN
1051-0761
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1890/10-0348.1