Publications by authors named "Marianne Leuzinger"
BMC Genomics
January 2017
Article Synopsis
- Microsatellite markers are commonly used to measure genetic diversity in populations, but their effectiveness as proxies for broader genomic patterns was tested using 180 Arabidopsis halleri individuals and comparing them to genome-wide SNPs.
- The study found that microsatellite diversity and estimates of genetic differentiation were significantly larger than those from SNPs, suggesting that microsatellites could have biases and do not always correlate with SNP diversity.
- The researchers concluded that while some microsatellite markers may be useful, genome-wide SNP data offers more reliable estimates of genetic diversity and differentiation, with just a few thousand SNPs being sufficient for accurate assessments.
