Estimation of male gene flow: Use caution

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 745-748

  Hedrick, Philip W ^a   Singh, Sujeet ^b,c   Aspi, Jouni ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Effective population size; Gene flow; mtDNA; Tigers; Y chromosomes

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DIPLOIDY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE GENE FLOW; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TIGER; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; TIGERS;

EID: 84959346949     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv082     Document Type: Article

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