Viral epizootic reveals inbreeding depression in a habitually inbreeding mammal

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2268-2273

  Ross Gillespie, Adin ^a,c   O'Riain, M Justin ^a   Keller, Lukas F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Disease susceptibility; Heterocephalus glaber; Inbreeding depression; Purging

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC ISOLATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MORTALITY; RODENT; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; MOLE RAT; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MOLE RATS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CORONAVIRUS; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34548344005     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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