Beyond the point of no return? A comparison of genetic diversity in captive and wild populations of two nearly extinct species of Goodeid fish reveals that one is inbred in the wild

Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 360-367

  Bailey, N W ^a,c   Macias Garcia C ^b   Ritchie, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ark populations; Conservation; Effective population size; Fish; Genetic diversity; Inbreeding

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FISH; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AMECA SPLENDENS; GOODEIDAE; ZOOGONETICUS TEQUILA;

EID: 34249038064     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800947     Document Type: Article

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