Evaluating the performance of captive breeding techniques for conservation hatcheries: A case study of the delta smelt captive breeding program

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-104

  Fisch, Kathleen M ^a,c   Ivy, Jamie A ^a   Burton, Ronald S ^b   May, Bernie ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic management; Hypomesus transpacificus; Mean kinship; Microsatellites; Pedigree reconstruction; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; DELTA SMELT; FISH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HATCHERY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OSMERIFORMES; PEDIGREE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

HYPOMESUS TRANSPACIFICUS;

EID: 84871866322     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/ess084     Document Type: Article

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