Effectiveness of selection in reducing the genetic load in populations of Peromyscus polionotus during generations of inbreeding

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 900-909

  Lacy, Robert C ^a   Ballou, Jonathan D ^b  

^a BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic load; Inbreeding depression; Peromyscus polionotus; Population bottlenecks

Indexed keywords

GENETIC LOAD; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; NATURAL SELECTION;

CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS POLIONOTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031903535     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb03715.x     Document Type: Article

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