Comparative losses of quantitative and molecular genetic variation in finite populations of Drosophila melanogaster

Genetical Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-55

  Gilligan, Dean M ^a,e   Briscoe, David A ^a   Frankham, Richard ^a,b,c,d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME VARIATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE LOSS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENZYMES; GENES, INSECT; HETEROZYGOTE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 18744381289     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672305007342     Document Type: Article

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