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Age-specific effect of heterozygosity on survival in alpine marmots, Marmota marmota.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2009
Cohas Aurélie, Bonenfant Christophe, Kempenaers Bart, Allainé Dominique
Abstract excerpt
The fitness consequences of heterozygosity and the mechanisms underpinning them are still highly controversial. Using capture-mark-recapture models, we investigated the effects of individual heterozygosity, measured at 16 microsatellite markers, on age-dependent survival and access to dominance in a socially monogamous mammalian species, the alpine marmot. We found a positive correlation between standardized...
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