Heterozygosity-fitness correlations in a migratory bird: An analysis of inbreeding and single-locus effects

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4786-4795

  Harrison, Xavier A ^a,b   Bearhop, Stuart ^a   Inger, Richard ^a   Colhoun, Kendrew ^c   Gudmundsson, Gudmundur A ^d   Hodgson, David ^a   McElwaine, Graham ^e   Tregenza, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

^e Irish Brent Goose Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bernicla hrota; Branta; Brent geese; Ecological genetics; Internal relatedness; MCMCglmm

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GOOSE; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ANIMALS; GEESE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80053439274     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05283.x     Document Type: Article

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