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Inbreeding and the genetic variance in floral traits of Mimulus guttatus.
Heredity - 1 Jan 2003
Kelly J K, Arathi H S
Abstract excerpt
The additive genetic variance, V(A), is frequently used as a measure of evolutionary potential in natural plant populations. Many plants inbreed to some extent; a notable observation given that random mating is essential to the model that predicts evolutionary change from V(A). With inbreeding, V(A) is not the only relevant component of genetic variation. Several nonadditive components emerge from the combined...
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