A comparison of pedigree- and DNA-based measures for identifying inbreeding depression in the critically endangered Attwater's Prairie-chicken

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5313-5328

  Hammerly, Susan C ^a   Morrow, Michael E ^b   Johnson, Jeff A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

ex situ population management; fitness; genetic diversity; heterozygosity; inbreeding; prairie grouse

Indexed keywords

TETRAONIDAE; TYMPANUCHUS; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO ATTWATERI;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EX SITU POPULATION MANAGEMENT; FITNESS; GALLIFORMES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PRAIRIE GROUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

EX SITU POPULATION MANAGEMENT; FITNESS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; PRAIRIE GROUSE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GALLIFORMES; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84886084956     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12482     Document Type: Article

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