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

: Kekkonen J, Wikstrom M, Brommer JE

Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE

: 2012

: PLoS ONE

: PLOS ONE

: ARTN e43482

: 9

: 7

: 9

: 8

: 1932-6203

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

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.