Deceptive combined effects of short allele dominance and stuttering: an example with Ixodes scapularis, the main vector of Lyme disease in the U.S.A.
T. De Meeus, C. T. Chan, J. M. Ludwig, J. I. Tsao, J. Patel, J. Bhagatwala, L. Beati
The paper examines how short allele dominance and stuttering in microsatellite data affect genetic diversity metrics in Ixodes scapularis ticks, showing significant heterozygote deficits and linkage disequilibrium.
bioRxiv · Sep 9, 2019Evolutionary Biology