Heterozygosity patterning and its relation to fitness components in experimental populations of Liomys pictus from tropical forests in western Mexico

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 501-514

  Vázquez Domínguez, Ella ^a   Piñero, Daniel ^a   Ceballos, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Fitness components; Heteromyids; Heterozygosity; Liomys pictus; Mexico; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

FOOD; FOREST; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; HETEROZYGOSITY; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MEXICO; STRESS TOLERANCE; WATER;

LIOMYS PICTUS;

EID: 0032428838     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0247     Document Type: Article

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