A practical guide to methods of parentage analysis

AG Jones, CM Small, KA Paczolt… - Molecular ecology …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The use of molecular techniques for parentage analysis has been a booming science for
over a decade. The most important technological breakthrough was the introduction of …

INVITED REVIEW: Quantitative trait locus map** in natural populations: progress, caveats and future directions

JON Slate - Molecular ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 15 years quantitative trait locus (QTL) map** has become a popular method
for understanding the genetic basis of continuous variation in a variety of systems. For …

Revising how the computer program cervus accommodates genoty** error increases success in paternity assignment

ST Kalinowski, ML Taper, TC Marshall - Molecular ecology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Genotypes are frequently used to identify parentage. Such analysis is notoriously vulnerable
to genoty** error, and there is ongoing debate regarding how to solve this problem. Many …

Parentage assignment and extra‐group paternity in a cooperative breeder: the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

DS Richardson, FL Jury, K Blaakmeer… - Molecular …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the development and initial application of a semiautomated parentage testing
system in the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis). This system used …

[LIBRO][B] Soay sheep: dynamics and selection in an island population

TH Clutton-Brock, JM Pemberton - 2004 - books.google.com
Unlike most other large mammals, the Soay sheep population of Hirta in the St. Kilda
archipelago show persistent oscillations, sometimes increasing or declining by more than …

Towards unbiased parentage assignment: combining genetic, behavioural and spatial data in a Bayesian framework

JD Hadfield, DS Richardson, T Burke - Molecular Ecology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Inferring the parentage of a sample of individuals is often a prerequisite for many types of
analysis in molecular ecology, evolutionary biology and quantitative genetics. In all but a few …

Seed dispersal by animals: exact identification of source trees with endocarp DNA microsatellites

JA Godoy, P Jordano - Molecular ecology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
A long‐standing challenge in studies of seed dispersal by animal frugivores has been the
characterization of the spatial relationships between dispersed seeds and the maternal …

Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals

T Bonnet, MB Morrissey, P De Villemereuil, SC Alberts… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The rate of adaptive evolution, the contribution of selection to genetic changes that increase
mean fitness, is determined by the additive genetic variance in individual relative fitness. To …

Male competition and paternity in wild chimpanzees of the Taï forest

C Boesch, G Kohou, H Néné… - American Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
In social animals, competition among males for mates affects individual reproductive
success. The priority‐of‐access model attempts to account for the influence of demographic …

Landscape features affect gene flow of Scottish Highland red deer (Cervus elaphus)

S Pérez‐Espona, FJ Pérez‐Barbería… - Molecular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Landscape features have been shown to strongly influence dispersal and, consequently, the
genetic population structure of organisms. Studies quantifying the effect of landscape …