Selection for heterozygosity gives hope to a wild population of inbred wolves.

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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Main Authors: Staffan Bensch, Henrik Andrén, Bengt Hansson, Hans Chr Pedersen, Håkan Sand, Douglas Sejberg, Petter Wabakken, Mikael Akesson, Olof Liberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1762340?pdf=render

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