Genetic diversity and fitness in black-footed ferrets before and during a bottleneck

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 231-237

  Wisely, Samantha M ^a   Buskirk, S W ^a   Fleming, M A ^b   McDonald, D B ^a   Ostrander, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERRET; FITNESS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA EVERSMANNII; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 0036661385     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/93.4.231     Document Type: Article

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