Heterozygosity at a single locus explains a large proportion of variation in two fitness-related traits in great tits: A general or a local effect?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2807-2819

  Garcia Navas V ^a,b,c   Caliz Campal C ^a,b   Ferrer, E S ^b   Sanz, J J ^b,d   Ortego, J ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Parus major; Heterozygosity; Heterozygosity fitness correlations; Identity disequilibrium; Inbreeding; Local effects

Indexed keywords

PARUS MAJOR;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; FERTILITY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FERTILITY; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PASSERIFORMES; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84916219475     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12539     Document Type: Article

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