Increase of heterozygosity in a growing population of lesser kestrels

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 585-588

  Ortego, Joaquín ^a   Aparicio, José Miguel ^a   Calabuig, Gustau ^a   Cordero, Pedro J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Conservation genetics; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; FALCONIFORMES; HETEROZYGOTE; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 35548954657     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0268     Document Type: Article

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