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Genetic similarity between mates and extra-pair parentage in three species of shorebirds.

Nature - 10 Oct 2002

Blomqvist Donald, Andersson Malte, Küpper Clemens, Cuthill Innes C, Kis János, Lanctot Richard B, Sandercock Brett K, Székely Tamás, Wallander Johan, Kempenaers Bart

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Matings between close relatives often reduce the fitness of offspring, probably because homozygosity leads to the expression of recessive deleterious alleles. Studies of several animals have shown that reproductive success is lower when genetic similarity between parents is high, and that surviva...

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PMID: 12374978
DOI: 10.1038/nature01104

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