Multilocus heterozygosity, parental relatedness and individual fitness components in a wild mountain goat, Oreamnos americanus population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2297-2306

  Mainguy, Julien ^a,b   CÔtÉ, Steeve D ^b   Coltman, David W ^c  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity fitness correlations; Inbreeding; Mate choice; Pairwise genetic relatedness; Ungulates; Yearling survival

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CANADA; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RUMINANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 65549126761     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04197.x     Document Type: Article

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