Sentences with phrase «sized microsatellites»
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By examining bits of DNA called microsatellites, which mutate rapidly, Goossens was able to trace individual genetic differences back to a common ancestor and estimate the size of the orangutan population at different times in the past.
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Stefania Casagrande, Giacomo Dell «Omo, David Costantini & James Tagliavini — 2006 (6)([email protected]) Keywords: clutch size, Eurasian kestrel, genetic differentiation, laying date, microsatellites, population genetics, timing of breeding