Mother's curse: The effect of mtDNA on individual fitness and population viability

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 238-244

  Gemmell, Neil J ^a   Metcalf, Victoria J ^a   Allendorf, Fred W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUTATION; VIABILITY;

EID: 1942425084     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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