Sustainability of the South China tiger: Implications of inbreeding depression and introgression

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1199-1207

  Xu, Y C ^a,b   Fang, S G ^a   Li, Z K ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Zoological Park   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Inbreeding depression; Introgression; Panthera tigris amoyensis; South China tiger

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; FELID; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; INTROGRESSION; PHYLOGENETICS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS AMOYENSIS;

EID: 34547455732     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9276-9     Document Type: Article

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