Population size and the nature of genetic load in Gentianella germanica

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2242-2251

  Paland, Susanne ^a,b   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossing experiment; Fixed drift load; Genetic drift; Inbreeding load; Purging selection; Small populations

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DRIFT; INBREEDING; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GENTIANELLA; GENTIANELLA GERMANICA;

EID: 0242499430     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00236.x     Document Type: Article

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