Relationship between the energetic cost of burrowing and genetic variability among populations of the pocket gopher, T. bottae: Does physiological fitness correlate with genetic variability?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2221-2227

  Hildner, K Kelly ^a   Soulé, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Fitness; Genetic drift; Genetic variability; Inbreeding; Metabolic efficiency; Thomomys bottae

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ISOENZYMES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RODENTIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; GEOMYIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; THOMOMYS; THOMOMYS BOTTAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142639258     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01026     Document Type: Article

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