Genetic variation, inbreeding and chemical exposure - Combined effects in wildlife and critical considerations for ecotoxicology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1534, 2009, Pages 3377-3390

  Brown, A Ross ^a,b   Hosken, David J ^a   Balloux, François ^c   Bickley, Lisa K ^a   LePage, Gareth ^a   Owen, Stewart F ^b   Hetheridge, Malcolm J ^b   Tyler, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Inbreeding; Populations; Resistance; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTINCTION; FITNESS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 72949105110     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0126     Document Type: Review

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