Effective number of breeders and maintenance of genetic diversity in the captive bearded vulture population

Heredity

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-16

  Gautschi, B ^a   Muller J P ^b   Schmid, B ^a   Shykoff, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Bündner Natur Museum   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Conservation; Genetic drift; Gypaetus barbatus; Microsatellites; Temporal method

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; RAPTOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RAPTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; GYPAETUS BARBATUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0038235243     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800278     Document Type: Article

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