Inbreeding depression in pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) fawns

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4889-4898

  Dunn, Stacey J ^a   Clancey, Erin ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^a   Byers, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

birth mass; bottleneck; microsatellite; multilocus heterozygosity; pedigree; survival

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MALE; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; RUMINANTS;

ANIMALIA; ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRIDAE; BISON;

EID: 81855166750     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05327.x     Document Type: Article

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