Heterozygosity in an Isolated Population of a Large Mammal Founded by Four Individuals Is Predicted by an Individual-Based Genetic Model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Kekkonen, Jaana ^a   Wikström, Mikael ^b   Brommer, Jon E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Dotterböle ^*  (Finland)

^c NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEER; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; OKLAHOMA; POPULATION DENSITY;

MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84866712314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043482     Document Type: Article

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