Heterozygosity-fitness correlations revealed by neutral and candidate gene markers in roe deer from a long-term study

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 403-417

  Da Silva, Anne ^a,b   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^c   Hewison, A J Mark ^d   Galan, Max ^d,e   Coulson, Tim ^f   Allainé, Dominique ^a   Vial, Laurence ^j   Delorme, Daniel ^g   Van Laere, Guy ^g   Klein, François ^g   Luikart, Gordon ^b,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Candidate genes; Functional genes; Heterozygosity; Inbreeding; Juvenile survival; Microsatellites; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DEER; FITNESS; GENE; GENOME; INBREEDING; JUVENILE; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; DEER; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 58849160016     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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