A test of the 'genetic rescue' technique using bottlenecked donor populations of Drosophila melanogaster

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Heber, Sol ^a   Briskie, James V ^a   Apiolaza, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; BREEDING LINE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYBRID; IMAGO; INBRED STRAIN; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED STRAIN; PROGENY; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PUPATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; MALE;

EID: 84865048936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043113     Document Type: Article

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