Does inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity decrease disease resistance?

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 439-448

  Spielman, Derek ^a   Brook, Barry W ^b   Briscoe, David A ^a   Frankham, Richard ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

disease resistance; Drosophila melanogaster; genetic diversity; inbreeding; population size

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; POPULATION SIZE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 4544233459     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COGE.0000041030.76598.cd     Document Type: Article

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