title: A new approach to detecting mixed families.
abstract: There are several analyses in evolutionary ecology which assume that a family of offspring has come from only two parents. Here, we present a simple test for detecting when a batch involves two or more subfamilies. It is based on the fact that the mixing of families generates associations amongst unlinked marker loci. We also present simulations illustrating the power of our method for varying numbers of loci, alleles per locus and genotyped individuals.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK. vines@zoology.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Timothy H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Vines
authors.forename: Nicholas H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Barton
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D005190:Family; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005828:Genetics, Population; D008957:Models, Genetic