The effects of cyclic dynamics and mating system on the effective size of an island mouflon population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 4482-4492

  Kaeuffer, Renaud ^a,b   Coltman, David W ^c   Chapuis, Jean Louis ^d   Réale, Denis ^a   Pontier, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Demographic methods; Effective population size; Genetic methods; Mating system; Mouflon; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON;

EID: 35448945292     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03501.x     Document Type: Article

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