The importance of heterozygosity in a frog's life

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 360-366

  Schmeller, Dirk S ^a,c   Schregel, Julia ^a   Veith, Michael ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Heterozygosity x fitness relationship; Longevity; Population stability; Storage effect

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; FITNESS; FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; POPULATION SIZE; STABILIZATION; SURVIVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOENZYME VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; ISOENZYMES; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PERIODICITY; RANIDAE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA PEREZI;

EID: 34247378233     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0205-z     Document Type: Article

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