Genetics and extinction

Biological Conservation

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-140

  Frankham, Richard ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; Genetic diversity; Inbreeding depression; Mutation accumulation; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING;

EID: 23444437361     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.05.002     Document Type: Review

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