Molecular and pedigree measures of relatedness provide similar estimates of inbreeding depression in a bottlenecked population

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 889-899

  Townsend, S M ^a   Jamieson, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity; Heterozygosity fitness correlation; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Microsatellites; New Zealand; Pedigree; Petroica australis

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

FITNESS; FLEDGING; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; RELATEDNESS; SONGBIRD;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; ISLANDS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SONGBIRDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

PETROICA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84876132117     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12109     Document Type: Article

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