No evidence for loss of genetic variation following sequential translocations in extant populations of a genetically depauperate species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 545-556

  Taylor, Sabrina S ^a,b   Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottlenecks; Drift; Genetic variation; Philesturnus carunculatus; Saddleback; Translocations

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SONGBIRD;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CREADION CARUNCULATUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 38149122064     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03591.x     Document Type: Article

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