Article
Molecular genetic variation and individual survival during population crashes of an unmanaged ungulate population.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 28 Feb 1995
Bancroft D R, Pemberton J M, Albon S D, Robertson A, Maccoll A D, Smith J A, Stevenson I R, Clutton-Brock T H
Abstract excerpt
Theoretical models of the effect of population bottlenecks on genetic variation assume that individuals are removed at random from the population. We investigated this assumption in a naturally regulated, unstable population of Soay sheep (Ovis aries). During rapid population declines or 'crashes...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- DNA, Satellite
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Biology
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Population Dynamics
- Proteins
- Scotland
- Selection, Genetic
- Sheep