Inbreeding, heterozygosity and fitness in a reintroduced population of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-412

  Spiering, Penny A ^a,b,c   Gunther, Micaela Szykman ^b,d   Somers, Michael J ^c   Wildt, David E ^b   Walters, Michele ^c,e,f   Wilson, Amy S ^a   Maldonado, Jesús E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^f DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Endangered; Heterozygosity fitness correlation; Inbreeding; Lifespan; Lycaon pictus

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WILD POPULATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 79952708148     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0147-z     Document Type: Article

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