Implications of social dominance and multiple paternity for the genetic diversity of a captive-bred reptile population (tuatara)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1243-1251

  Moore, Jennifer A ^a   Nelson, Nicola J ^a   Keall, Susan N ^a   Daugherty, Charles H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Mating system; New Zealand; Polygyny; Sphenodon

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; POLYGYNY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REPTILE;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; LITTLE BARRIER ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 50249149850     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9452-6     Document Type: Article

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