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Genetic diversity and reproductive success in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Nov 2005
Charpentier M, Setchell J M, Prugnolle F, Knapp L A, Wickings E J, Peignot P, Hossaert-McKey M
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies of wild animal populations have shown that estimators of neutral genetic diversity, such as mean heterozygosity, are often correlated with various fitness traits, such as survival, disease susceptibility, or reproductive success. We used two estimators of genetic diversity to explore the relationship between heterozygosity and reproductive success in male and female mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)...
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