Inbreeding depression in the wild

Heredity

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 260-270

  Crnokrak, Peter ^a   Roff, Derek A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coefficient of inbreeding; Fitness; Inbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

GENETIC TRAIT; INBREEDING; WILD RELATIVE;

EVOLUTION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0033197727     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6885530     Document Type: Article

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