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Do microsatellites reflect genome-wide genetic diversity in natural populations? A comment on Väli et al. (2008).

Ljungqvist, Marcus LU ; Åkesson, Mikael LU and Hansson, Bengt LU orcid (2010) In Molecular Ecology 19. p.851-855
Abstract
Abstract A recent study by Väli et al. (2008) highlights that microsatellites will often provide a poor prediction of the genome-wide nucleotide diversity of wild populations, but does not fully explain why. To clarify and stress the importance of identity disequilibrium and marker variability for correlations between multilocus heterozygosity and genome-wide genetic variability, we performed a simple simulation with different types of markers, corresponding to microsatellites and SNPs, in populations with different inbreeding history. The importance of identity disequilibrium was apparent for both markers and there was a clear impact of marker variability.
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identity disequilibrium, genetic diversity, heterozygosity, inbreeding, microsatellites
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Molecular Ecology
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19
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851 - 855
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Wiley-Blackwell
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0962-1083
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10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04522.x
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