Parentage analysis software : PARENTE

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Table of contents

I. The use of molecular markers in conservation and management
I. 1. Estimating population size
I. 2. Understanding a species biology and behavior
II. The framework: the Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project
III. Objectives of the thesis
IV. Material and methods
IV. 1. The study species
IV. 2. The study population
IV. 3. The study areas
IV. 4. Field methods
IV. 5. Genetic methods
V. Main results and discussion
V. 1. METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES (Papers I-IV)
V. 1. 1. DNA amplification methods from fecal samples
V. 1. 2. Genotyping errors in population genetics
V. 1. 3. Parentage analysis software: PARENTE
V. 2. APPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION AND UNDERSTANDING BIOLOGY
V. 2. 1. Population size estimates (Papers V-VI)
V. 2. 1. 1. Estimates using genetic methods
V. 2. 1. 2. Comparing the performance of genetic and field methods
V. 2. 2. The brown bear mating system (Papers VII-VIII)
V. 2. 2. 1. Sexually selected infanticide
V. 2. 2. 2. Female mate selection
VI. Conclusions
VII. Perspectives
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
ANNEX 1: Map of bear distribution in Scandinavia
ANNEX 2: Multilocus genotypes from all sampled Scandinavian brown bears
ANNEX 3: Results from parentage analysis simulations.
ANNEX 4: Pedigrees of the sampled Scandinavian brown bears
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