This microsatellite readme.txt file was generated on 2021-03-17 by Sahar Javaheri Tehrani.

Microsatellite data used for inference of genetic patterns of diversification in great tit with STRUCTURE; population data set: 
73 individuals (ind) from 4 populations (pop), allele lengths for eleven microsatellite loci (columns E-Z).

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: microsatellite data

2. Author Information
	A. Principal Investigator Contact Information
		Name: Sahar Javaheri Tehrani
		Institution: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Department of biology
		Address: 
		Email: Sahar.javaheri91@gmail.com

	B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
		Name: Mansour Aliabadian
		Institution: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Department of biology
		Address: 
		Email: aliabadi@um.ac.ir

	C. Alternate Contact Information
		Name: Laura Kvist
		Institution: University of Oulu, Department of Ecology and Genetics 
		Address: 
		Email: laura.kvist@oulu.fi
       D. Alternate Contact Information 
                Name: Omid Mirshamsi
		Institution: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Department of biology
		Address: Tarbiat Modares University, Department of Environmental Sci. 
		Email: 
       E. Alternate Contact Information 
                Name: Seyed Mahmoud Ghasempouri
		Institution: 
		Address: 
		Email: ghasempm@modares.ac.ir
 

3. Geographic location of data collection: Iran, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.   

4. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data:
This study was funded by a grant from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad to S. J. T under project number 3.39989. 


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [FILENAME]
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1. Number of loci: 11

2. Number of populations: 4

3. Missing data codes: 
Missing data was coded as 999.


 
