Conservation genetics

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue , 1995, Pages 305-327

  Frankham, R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

endangered; extinction; genetic adaptation; genetic variation; inbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; INBREEDING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WILDLIFE;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0029559652     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ge.29.120195.001513     Document Type: Review

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