An essay on the necessity and feasibility of conservation genomics

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 643-653

  Ouborg, N Joop ^a   Angeloni, Francesco ^a   Vergeer, Philippine ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation genomics; Gene by environment interaction; Inbreeding depression; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77951986461     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-0016-9     Document Type: Article

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