Heterozygosity-fitness correlations and associative overdominance: New detection method and proof of principle in the Iberian wild boar

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2741-2742

  Malo, Aurelio F ^a   Coulson, Tim ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative overdominance; HFC; Inbreeding depression; Microsatellites; Tuberculosis; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SUS SCROFA; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOVINAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 67649836353     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04219.x     Document Type: Article

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