Measuring inbreeding depression in the wild: the old ways are the best Export

@article{citeulike:2072265, abstract = {Measuring inbreeding depression in normally outbreeding natural populations is an uphill task, because it requires inbreeding coefficients that are calculated from pedigrees. Instead of calculating inbreeding coefficients directly, several studies have reported the use of microsatellite-derived metrics, such as heterozygosity, to infer relative inbreeding among individuals. In two new papers, Slate et al. and Balloux et al. show that these molecular metrics are often only weakly correlated with inbreeding coefficients, and that correlations between heterozygosity and fitness require a new interpretation.}, author = {Pemberton, Josephine}, citeulike-article-id = {2072265}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2004.09.010}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VJ1-4DCWG7S-1/2/764fffaa1e6594824b425475da84c901}, doi = {10.1016/j.tree.2004.09.010}, journal = {Trends in Ecology \& Evolution}, keywords = {are, best, depression, in, inbreeding, measuring, old, the, ways, wild-the}, month = {December}, number = {12}, pages = {613--615}, posted-at = {2007-12-07 09:16:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Measuring inbreeding depression in the wild: the old ways are the best}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2004.09.010}, volume = {19}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2072265 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2072265 N2 - Measuring inbreeding depression in normally outbreeding natural populations is an uphill task, because it requires inbreeding coefficients that are calculated from pedigrees. Instead of calculating inbreeding coefficients directly, several studies have reported the use of microsatellite-derived metrics, such as heterozygosity, to infer relative inbreeding among individuals. In two new papers, Slate et al. and Balloux et al. show that these molecular metrics are often only weakly correlated with inbreeding coefficients, and that correlations between heterozygosity and fitness require a new interpretation. IS - 12 JF - Trends in Ecology & Evolution EP - 615 TI - Measuring inbreeding depression in the wild: the old ways are the best VL - 19 SP - 613 KW - are KW - best KW - depression KW - in KW - inbreeding KW - measuring KW - old KW - the KW - ways KW - wild-the AU - Pemberton, Josephine PY - 2004/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2004.09.010 ER -