Article
Inbreeding depression in insular and central populations of Peromyscus mice.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Brewer B A, Lacy R C, Foster M L, Alaks G
Abstract excerpt
We tested the hypothesis that small, isolated populations would show less depression in fitness when inbred than would large, central populations. Laboratory stocks of Peromyscus leucopus and P. polionotus were established from insular, peninsular, and central populations. The isolated populations had one-third to one-half the genic diversity of central populations. Responses to inbreeding were highly varied:...
Topics
- Animals
- Arvicolinae
- Crosses, Genetic
- Electrophoresis
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Inbreeding
- Isoenzymes
- Male
- Random Allocation