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Assimilation of new founders into existing captive populations

Author(s) -

Odum R. Andrew

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

zoo biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5

H-Index - 54

eISSN - 1098-2361

pISSN - 0733-3188

DOI - 10.1002/zoo.1430130210

Subject(s) - biology , offspring , population , evolutionary biology , founder effect , zoology , captive breeding , genetics , ecology , gene , demography , endangered species , haplotype , genotype , pregnancy , sociology , habitat

When new founders are added to an existing captive population, it is useful to establish a target number of offspring from each of these new founders that will maximize the amount of gene diversity retained in the captive population. This article presents a method for calculating an optimal number of offspring that should be produced from each new founder by considering the retention of founder genomes from dead and non‐reproductive founders. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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