Genetic variation and differentiation in captive and wild zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is a small Australian grassland songbird that has been domesticated over the past two centuries. Because it is easy to breed in captivity, it has become a widely used study organism, especially in behavioural research. Most work has been conducted on domesticate...

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Published in:	Molecular ecology Vol. 16; no. 19; pp. 4039 - 4050
Main Authors:	FORSTMEIER, WOLFGANG, SEGELBACHER, GERNOT, MUELLER, JAKOB C, KEMPENAERS, BART
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	alleles anatomy & histology Animal populations Animals Australia Birds Body Size bottleneck captive animals Domestication Ecology Europe Finches Finches - anatomy & histology Finches - genetics founder effect Genetic diversity Genetic Drift Genetic Variation genetics Genotype Genotype & phenotype Grasslands Inbreeding loci Microsatellite Repeats Molecular biology North America population dynamics Population number population size Songbirds Taeniopygia guttata Australia North America Europe
ISSN:	0962-1083, 1365-294X
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