B R Smith

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Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Accurate partition of individuals into full-sib families from genetic data without parental information
    B R Smith
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5, Canada
    Genetics 158:1329-38. 2001
  2. ncbi Accuracy, efficiency and robustness of four algorithms allowing full sibship reconstruction from DNA marker data
    K Butler
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Canada
    Mol Ecol 13:1589-600. 2004

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Publications2

  1. ncbi Accurate partition of individuals into full-sib families from genetic data without parental information
    B R Smith
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5, Canada
    Genetics 158:1329-38. 2001
    ..The full likelihood approach is less sensitive to the precision of allelic frequencies estimates but did not perform as well with the large data set or when little information was available (e.g., four loci with four alleles)...
  2. ncbi Accuracy, efficiency and robustness of four algorithms allowing full sibship reconstruction from DNA marker data
    K Butler
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Canada
    Mol Ecol 13:1589-600. 2004
    ..Depending upon the type of mutation or errors and the algorithm used, between 70 and 98% of the affected individuals were classified improperly on average...