Management of genetic diversity of subdivided populations in conservation programmes

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 409-419

  Caballero, A ^a   Rodriguez Ramilo S T ^a   Avila V ^a   Fernandez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genetic drift; Inbreeding; Metapopulation; Migration; Population differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CAPTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; INBREEDING; METAPOPULATION; SOFTWARE; SUBPOPULATION; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 77952098354     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-0020-0     Document Type: Article

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