Theoretical Aspects of Extinction by Inbreeding Depression

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-286

  Tanaka, Yoshinari ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deleterious mutation; Extinction; Genetic load; Inbreeding depression; Overdominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000291072     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02763459     Document Type: Article

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