Can balancing selection on MHC loci counteract genetic drift in small fragmented populations of black grouse?

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 341-353

  Strand, Tanja M ^a   Segelbacher, Gernot ^a,b   Quintela, María ^a,c   Xiao, Lingyun ^a   Axelsson, Tomas ^d   Höglund, Jacob ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Genetic drift; MHC; Population isolation; SNP

Indexed keywords

TETRAO TETRIX;

EID: 84859031464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.86     Document Type: Article

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