Strategies for determining kinship in wild populations using genetic data

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 6; no. 17; pp. 6107 - 6120
• Main Authors: Städele, Veronika, Vigilant, Linda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2016; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Animal breeding; Animal populations; Animal reproduction; Cell division; Chromosomes; Demographics; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Dispersal; DNA; Ecological monitoring; Endangered populations; Feces; Genetic relatedness; Genetic testing; Genomes; Genotype & phenotype; Heredity; Inbreeding; Kin recognition; Kin selection; microsatellites; next‐generation sequencing; Nucleotides; parentage analysis; Paternity; Pedigree; Polymorphism; Population genetics; Population studies; Populations; Quality; Review; sibship reconstruction; single‐nucleotide polymorphisms; Spatial analysis; Studies; microsatellites; single‐nucleotide polymorphisms; Genetic relatedness; parentage analysis; sibship reconstruction; next‐generation sequencing

Knowledge of kin relationships between members of wild animal populations has broad application in ecology and evolution research by allowing the investigation of dispersal dynamics, mating systems, inbreeding avoidance, kin recognition, and kin selection as well as aiding the management of endanger...