How do reproductive skew and founder group size affect genetic diversity in reintroduced populations?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3792-3802

  Miller, K A ^a   Nelson, N J ^a   Smith, H G ^b   Moore, J A ^a,c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Biology Department ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity; Inbreeding; Polygyny; Sphenodon; Translocation; Tuatara

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; LIZARD; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIZARDS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEW ZEALAND; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SPHENODONTIA;

EID: 70349120270     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04315.x     Document Type: Article

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