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The impacts of inbreeding, drift and selection on genetic diversity in captive breeding populations.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2015
Willoughby Janna R, Fernandez Nadia B, Lamb Maureen C, Ivy Jamie A, Lacy Robert C, DeWoody J Andrew
Abstract excerpt
The goal of captive breeding programmes is often to maintain genetic diversity until re-introductions can occur. However, due in part to changes that occur in captive populations, approximately one-third of re-introductions fail. We evaluated genetic changes in captive populations using microsatellites and mtDNA. We analysed six populations of white-footed mice that were propagated for 20 generations using two...
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