Machine Learning Based Classification of Microsatellite Variation: An Effective Approach for Phylogeographic Characterization of Olive Populations

Bahareh Torkzaban; Amir Hossein Kayvanjoo; Arman Ardalan; Soraya Mousavi; Roberto Mariotti; Luciana Baldoni; Esmaeil Ebrahimie; Mansour Ebrahimi; Mehdi Hosseini-Mazinani

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143465

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Machine Learning Based Classification of Microsatellite Variation: An Effective Approach for Phylogeographic Characterization of Olive Populations

Bahareh Torkzaban ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bahareh Torkzaban, Amir Hossein Kayvanjoo, Arman Ardalan

Affiliation National Institute of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran
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Amir Hossein Kayvanjoo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bahareh Torkzaban, Amir Hossein Kayvanjoo, Arman Ardalan

Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Basic Science, University of Qom, Qom, Iran
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Arman Ardalan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bahareh Torkzaban, Amir Hossein Kayvanjoo, Arman Ardalan

Affiliations National Institute of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran, Department of Gene Technology, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden
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Soraya Mousavi,

Affiliation National Institute of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran
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Roberto Mariotti,

Affiliation CNR, Institute of Biosciences & Bioresources, Perugia, Italy
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Luciana Baldoni,

Affiliation CNR, Institute of Biosciences & Bioresources, Perugia, Italy
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Esmaeil Ebrahimie,

Affiliations Institute of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Department of Genetics and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Mansour Ebrahimi ,

* E-mail: hosseini@nigeb.ac.ir (MHM); mansour@future.org (ME)

Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Basic Science, University of Qom, Qom, Iran
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Mehdi Hosseini-Mazinani

* E-mail: hosseini@nigeb.ac.ir (MHM); mansour@future.org (ME)

Affiliation National Institute of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran
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Machine Learning Based Classification of Microsatellite Variation: An Effective Approach for Phylogeographic Characterization of Olive Populations

Bahareh Torkzaban,
Amir Hossein Kayvanjoo,
Arman Ardalan,
Soraya Mousavi,
Roberto Mariotti,
Luciana Baldoni,
Esmaeil Ebrahimie,
Mansour Ebrahimi,
Mehdi Hosseini-Mazinani

Published: November 24, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143465

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