High genetic load in an old isolated butterfly population

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 37, 2012, Pages

  Mattila, Anniina L K ^a   Duplouy, Anne ^a   Kirjokangas, Malla ^a   Lehtonen, Rainer ^a   Rastas, Pasi ^a   Hanski, Ilkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fixation load; Hybrid vigor; Inbreeding avoidance; Persisting population; Segregation load

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BEHAVIOR; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTONIA; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MATING; MELITAEA CINXIA; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BUTTERFLIES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LOAD; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; INBREEDING; ISLANDS; LARVA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RUSSIA;

MELITAEA CINXIA;

EID: 84866304135     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205789109     Document Type: Article

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