Inbreeding depression and the maintenance of genetic load in Melitaea cinxia metapopulations

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 325-335

  Haikola, Sari ^a   Fortelius, Wilhelm ^b   O'Hara, Robert B ^c   Kuussaari, Mikko ^d   Wahlberg, Niklas ^e   Saccheri, Ilik J ^f   Singer, Michael C ^g   Hanski, Ilkka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic load; Inbreeding depression; Melitaea cinxia; Metapopulation; Population turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005517174     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012538329691     Document Type: Article

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