The effect of population size on effective population size: An empirical study in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

Genetical Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-155

  Pray, Leslie A ^a   Goodnight, Charles J ^a   Stevens, Lori ^a   Schwartz, James M ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0029843472     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016672300034030     Document Type: Article

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