The consequences on fitness of equating family contributions: Inferences from a drosophila experiment

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 343-353

  Sánchez Molano, Enrique ^a   García Dorado, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation to captive conditions; Conservation; Fitness components; Inbreeding depression; Population number; Purge

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CAPTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FLY; GENETIC DRIFT; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 79952700832     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0143-3     Document Type: Article

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