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Mating system and the evolution of quantitative traits: an experimental study of Mimulus guttatus.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Apr 2006
Holeski Liza M, Kelly John K
Abstract excerpt
The mating system of a population profoundly influences its evolution. Inbreeding alters the balance of evolutionary forces that determine the amount of genetic variation within a population. It redistributes that variation among individuals, altering heritabilities and genetic correlations. Inbreeding even changes the basic relationships between these genetic statistics and response to selection. If populations...
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