Tolerant versus sensitive genomes: The impact of deleterious mutation on fitness and conservation

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-324

  García Dorado, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion equilibrium; Effective population size; Extinction risk; Inbreeding depression; Mutational load

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; GENES;

INBREEDING;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; EXTINCTION RISK; GENOME; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MUTATION;

EID: 0038236425     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024029432658     Document Type: Article

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