Purging deleterious mutations in conservation programmes: Combining optimal contributions with inbred matings

Heredity

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 530-537

  De Cara, M A R ^a   Villanueva, B ^a   Toro, M A ^b   Fernandez J ^a  

^a Universidad Politécnica de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

genetic diversity; inbreeding depression; management; molecular coancestry; purging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84878595152     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2012.119     Document Type: Article

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