wisepair: a computer program for individual matching in genetic tracking studies

• Published in: Molecular Ecology Resources
• Main Authors: Rothstein, Andrew P., McLaughlin, Ryan, Acevedo‐Gutiérrez, Alejandro, Schwarz, Dietmar
• Other Authors: Western Washington University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Lone; harbour seal; Phoca vitulina; Lutra lutra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12590; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1755-0998.12590; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1755-0998.12590

Abstract Individual‐based data sets tracking organisms over space and time are fundamental to answering broad questions in ecology and evolution. A ‘permanent’ genetic tag circumvents a need to invasively mark or tag animals, especially if there are little phenotypic differences among individuals. H...