Inbreeding and extinction: Effects of rate of inbreeding

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 405-410

  Reed, David H ^a,b   Lowe, Edwin H ^a   Briscoe, David A ^a   Frankham, Richard ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Inbreeding depression; Inbreeding rate; Purging

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

INBREEDING;

BIODIVERSITY;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; EXTINCTION RISK; INBREEDING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; NATURAL SELECTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037560849     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024081416729     Document Type: Article

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