Although genotyping errors affect most data and can markedly influence the biological
conclusions of a study, they are too often neglected. Errors have various causes, but their …

Highly polymorphic microsatellite markers are widely employed in population genetic
analyses (eg, of biological parentage and mating systems), but one potential drawback is …

DNA degradation, low DNA concentrations and primer‐site mutations may result in the
incorrect assignment of microsatellite genotypes, potentially biasing population genetic …

A compilation was made of 307 studies using nuclear DNA markers for evaluating among‐
and within‐population diversity in wild angiosperms and gymnosperms. Estimates derived …

Recent improvements in genetic analysis and genotyping methods have resulted in a rapid
expansion of the power of molecular markers to address ecological questions …

Given the explosive development of new molecular marker techniques over the last decade,
newcomers and experts alike in the field of DNA fingerprinting will find an easy-to-follow …

Background In light of the current biodiversity crisis, DNA barcoding is developing into an
essential tool to quantify state shifts in global ecosystems. Current barcoding protocols often …

Genotypic frequencies at codominant marker loci in population samples convey information
on mating systems. A classical way to extract this information is to measure heterozygote …

Noninvasive population genetics has found many applications in ecology and conservation
biology. However, the technical difficulties inherent to the analysis of low quantities of DNA …

Microsatellite data are widely used to test ecological and evolutionary hypotheses in wild
populations. In this paper, we consider three typical sources of scoring errors capable of …