Selection for heterozygosity gives hope to a wild population of inbred wolves.
Recent analyses have questioned the usefulness of heterozygosity estimates as measures of the inbreeding coefficient (f), a finding that may have dramatic consequences for the management of endangered populations. We confirm that f and heterozygosity is poorly correlated in a wild and highly inbred...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1762340?pdf=render |