Understanding the relationship between the inbreeding coefficient and multilocus heterozygosity: theoretical expectations and empirical data
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An attempt is made to measure how inbred an individual is involve the use of pedigree records using two approaches to estimate inbreeding coefficient or molecular markers to measure multilocus heterozygosity. Mutilocus heterozygosity is weakly correlated with inbreeding coefficient and multilocos heterozygosity shows evidence in morphological traits.
Publication Name: Heredity
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0018-067X
Year: 2004
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Neutal locus heterozygosity, inbreeding, and survival in Darwin's ground finches (Geospiza fortis and G. Scandens)
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Data collected from large and well-characterized cohorts of two numerically dominant species of Darwin's finches on Isla Daphne Major, Galapagos, Ecuador and G. Scandens is discussed. When adequate samples are available, multilocus heterozygosity data can provide an estimate of the level of selectable genetic diversity within a population.
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Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0018-067X
Year: 2004
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Correlations between fitness and heterozygosity at allozyme and microsatellite loci in the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.
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A study is conducted to investigate the relationship between heterozygosity at genetic markers a fluctuating asymmetry (FA), length and weight in two samples of Atlantic salmon. The findings indicate that allozyme loci, in themselves, influence fitness components, rtaher than associations arising from associative overdominance.
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Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0018-067X
Year: 2004
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