Title:

Breeding tactics, social structure and genetic variation in mammals: problems and prospects

Creator:

Van Staaden, M. J.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1995

Description:

Breeding tactics and social structure are among the primary determinants of the level and distribution of genetic variation in a population, giving rise to genetic structure. However the effects of such behaviors are neither intuitively obvious nor predictive. Interpretations of genetic interactions are hampered by a lack of suitable underlying models and the resulting weak empirical data base means that we are presently unable to answer fundamental questions such as whether the social structure exhibited by a species has any necessary or consistent relationship with the extent of genetic population structure in the species. In this review author present a brief overview of recent theoretical models, and summarise result of the two most common empirical approaches; namely, genetic comparison of identified social groups, and studies of arbitrarily selected samples.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

breeding tactics ; social structure ; genetic variation ; social organization ; mammals

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

40

Issue:

Suppl. 3

Start page:

165

End page:

182

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.95-54

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open