Correlation between fitness and genetic diversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 230-237

  Reed, David H ^a,b   Frankham, Richard ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING;

EID: 0037329527     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01236.x     Document Type: Article

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