Introduction of Trojan sex chromosomes to boost population growth

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-161

  Cotton, Samuel ^a   Wedekind, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Captive breeding; Effective population size; Female heterogamety; Fish; Sex ratio; Small population; Supportive breeding

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEX RATIO; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BREEDING; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FISHES; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 35148880256     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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