Surviving with low genetic diversity: The case of albatrosses

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1611, 2007, Pages 779-787

  Milot, Emmanuel ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^b   Duchesne, Pierre ^a   Bernatchez, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

AFLP; Albatrosses; Genetic diversity; Life history traits

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

DIVERGENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INBREEDING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; DIOMEDA AMSTERDAMENSIS; DIOMEDA EXULANS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE HISTORY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIOMEDEA AMSTERDAMENSIS; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 34247281542     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0221     Document Type: Article

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