Erosion of heterozygosity in fluctuating populations

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 860-868

  Vucetich, John A ^a   Waite, Thomas A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION;

EID: 0032796778     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98268.x     Document Type: Article

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