A Simple Method for Automated Allele Binning in Microsatellite Markers

Table 2.

Guidelines for Interpretation of Binning Accuracy and Marker Quality

Percent of test sample
di- tetra-
S w Action (nucleotide) all
0.0–0.30 no inspection required 65.3 92.4 76.6
0.31–0.40 binning likely good; check specific bins 19.8 3.8 13.4
0.41–0.45 binning or sizing poor; check all genotypes 5.0 2.5 3.8
>0.45 binning and sizing unacceptable; re-genotype marker 9.9 1.3 6.2

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