Minimizing kinship in captive breeding programs

Zoo Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 377-389

  Montgomery, Margaret E ^a   Ballou, Jonathan D ^b   Nurthen, Roderick K ^a   England, Phillip R ^a   Briscoe, David A ^a   Frankham, Richard ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Heterozygosity; Inbreeding; Mean kinship; Reproductive fitness

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 0040453792     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1997)16:5<377::AID-ZOO1>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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