Congenital defects in a highly inbred wild wolf population (Canis lupus)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-73

  Räikkönen, Jannikke ^a   Bignert, A ^a   Mortensen, P ^a   Fernholm, B ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Conservation; Inbreeding; Malformations; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

CANID; DEFORMATION; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; WILD POPULATION;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 33644512762     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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