Sentence examples for microsatellites to test from inspiring English sources

Here we analysed a large data set from a long-term study of a Finnish Siberian jay population with over 1000 individuals genotyped at up to 21 microsatellites to test for evidence for extra-pair paternity in this species.

We used mitochondrial DNA sequences and nuclear microsatellites to test whether the evolutionary history of an endemic montane bird, Steere's Liocichla (Liocichla steerii), fit the general vicariant paradigm for a montane organism.

Here we used the microsatellite data to test for genetic differentiation among season cohorts in calves.

Exact tests were performed for each microsatellite locus to test deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium using GENEPOP[ 35].

First, we used ten presumably neutral microsatellite loci to test for genetic divergence due to drift among the three migratory groups.

Finally, an IBD analysis was performed on the two microsatellite matrices to test whether the geographic distance could explain the low number of migrants.

We also compared SNP-only maps with maps that contained SNPs and microsatellites, in order to test whether the inclusion of microsatellites caused map length inflation.

Using toad-headed agamas of the Phrynocephalus vlangalii complex as a case study, we apply model-based assignment tests to microsatellite DNA data to test whether P. putjatia, a controversial species that closely resembles P. vlangalii morphologically, represents a valid species.

To test microsatellite status and CLR as predictors of UICC tumour stage, a logistic regression model was applied (Table 5).

Negative controls were run, and comparisons to microsatellite readings were conducted to test for possible contaminations between neighbouring DNA wells.

Microsatellite markers were used to test for LOH at candidate genes TP53, BRCA1, BRCA2, ATM and FHIT.