Multilocus heterozygosity and inbreeding depression in an insular house sparrow metapopulation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4066-4078

  Jensen, Henrik ^a   Bremset, Erlend Myre ^a   Ringsby, Thor Harald ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

House sparrow; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Multilocus heterozygosity; Pedigree; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORWAY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPARROWS;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 34748845722     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03452.x     Document Type: Article

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