A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Heterozygosity in an Isolated Population of a Large Mammal Founded by Four Individuals Is Predicted by an Individual-Based Genetic Model



Authors: Kekkonen J, Wikstrom M, Brommer JE

Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE

Publication year: 2012

Journal: PLoS ONE

Journal name in source: PLOS ONE

Journal acronym: PLOS ONE

Article number: ARTN e43482

Number in series: 9

Volume: 7

Issue: 9

Number of pages: 8

ISSN: 1932-6203

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043482


Abstract
Conclusion: Our findings provide a rare within-population empirical test of the founder effect and suggest that founding a population by a small number of individuals need not have a dramatic impact on heterozygosity in an iteroparous species.



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