Competing hypotheses for the etiology of cryptorchidism in Sitka black-tailed deer: An evaluation of evolutionary alternatives

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 234-246

  Latch, Emily K ^a,d   Amann, R P ^b   Jacobson, J P ^c   Rhodes Jr , O E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Arctic Rivers Guide and Booking Service   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tailed deer; Cryptorchidism; Environmental contaminant; Genetic drift; Inbreeding; Kodiak Island; Odocoileus hemionus; Prince of Wales Island

Indexed keywords

DEER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETIOLOGY; GENETIC DRIFT; INBREEDING; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALASKA; KODIAK ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS SITKENSIS;

EID: 44649158991     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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