Genetic load, inbreeding depression and heterosis in an age-structured metapopulation

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2324-2332

  Zhou, Shurong ^a   Zhou, Cuicui ^a   Pannell, John R ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterosis; Mutation accumulation; Population turnover; Selection coefficient; Subdivided population

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGE STRUCTURE; ALLELE; COLONIZATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROSIS; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATION; MUTATION; TURNOVER;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC LOAD; GENETICS; HETEROSIS; INBREEDING; POPULATION GENETICS;

AGE FACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC LOAD; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYBRID VIGOR; INBREEDING; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 77958565013     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02091.x     Document Type: Article

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