No evidence of inbreeding depression in a Tasmanian devil insurance population despite significant variation in inbreeding

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Gooley, Rebecca ^a   Hogg, Carolyn J ^a,b   Belov, Katherine ^a   Grueber, Catherine E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MARSUPIAL; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ANIMALS; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 85019254418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02000-y     Document Type: Article

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