Analysis of inbreeding depression in the first litter size of mice in a long-term selection experiment with respect to the age of the inbreeding

Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Hinrichs, D ^a   Meuwissen, T H E ^a   Odegard J ^a   Holt, M ^a   Vangen, O ^a   Woolliams, J A ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'new' inbreeding; 'old' inbreeding; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Natural selection; Purging

Indexed keywords

AGE; DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INBREEDING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LITTER SIZE; MODELING; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; RODENT;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; INBREEDING; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; INBREEDING; LITTER SIZE; MICE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34347346021     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800968     Document Type: Article

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