Inbreeding and extinction: Effects of purging

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 279-285

  Frankham, Richard ^a   Gilligan, Dean M ^a   Morris, Daniel ^a   Briscoe, David A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Extinction; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Purging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037757169     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012299230482     Document Type: Article

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