Does recognized genetic management in supportive breeding prevent genetic changes in life-history traits?

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 521-532

  Chargé, Rémi ^a,b,c   Sorci, Gabriele ^d   Saint Jalme, Michel ^a   Lesobre, Loïc ^e   Hingrat, Yves ^e   Lacroix, Frédéric ^e   Teplitsky, Céline ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation (ECWP)   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^e Reneco Wildlife Consultants LLC ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Captive populations; Conservation genetics; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902194970     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12150     Document Type: Article

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