Allele Retain: A program to assess management options for conserving allelic diversity in small, isolated populations

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1161-1167

  Weiser, E L ^a   Grueber, C E ^a   Jamieson, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allelic diversity; Conservation; Genetic diversity; Genetic drift; Inbreeding; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84867535863     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03176.x     Document Type: Article

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