Inbreeding linked to amphibian survival in the wild but not in the laboratory

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 499-507

  Halverson, M A ^a,c   Skelly, D K ^a,b   Caccone, A ^a,b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; FROG; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; LARVA; POPULATION GENETICS;

AMPHIBIA; RANA SYLVATICA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; LARVA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RANIDAE;

EID: 35548933043     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esl019     Document Type: Article

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