Evolution of inbreeding coefficients and effective size in the population of Saguenay Lac-St.-Jean (Québec)

Human Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 495-508

  Mourali Chebil, Soufia ^a   Heyer, Evelyne ^a  

^a MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

Author keywords

Cultural transmission of fitness; Effective size; Evolution; Inbreeding; Quebec; Saguenay Lac St. Jean

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANADA; DATA BASE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INBREEDING; INBREEDING COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PEDIGREE; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE;

EID: 33846272187     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2006.0056     Document Type: Article

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