title: Exploring the effect of microsatellite size homoplasy on reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships of picote splitfin Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis.
abstract: This study explores the effects of microsatellite size homoplasies on the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships and estimates of population parameters as the fixation index (F(ST) ) using as a case study a truncated microsatellite from the picote splitfin Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis. The results suggest that the use of imperfect microsatellites may have only a minor effect in phylogenetic and population studies.
authors.affiliation: Departamento Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, Spain. mcnb119@mncn.csic.es
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boto
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Domínguez-Domínguez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Doadrio
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D003532:Cyprinodontiformes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial