Genetic variability and drift load in populations of an aquatic snail

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 749-756

  Puurtinen, Mikael ^a   Knott, K Emily ^a   Suonpää, Susanna ^a   Van Ooik, Tapio ^a,b   Kaitala, Veijo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allelic richness; Drift load; Extinction risk; Lymnaea stagnalis; Mutational meltdown; Trematode parasites

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; LYMNAEIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 2342458352     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00408.x     Document Type: Article

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