Heterozygosity, inbreeding and neonatal traits in Soay sheep on St Kilda

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3383-3393

  Overall, A D J ^a,b   Byrne, K A ^a   Pilkington, J G ^a   Pemberton, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Heterozygosity fitness correlation; Inbreeding depression; Microsatellite; Neonatal survival; Soay sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; NEWBORN; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; SCOTLAND; SHEEP; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644874277     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02682.x     Document Type: Article

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