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Marker-based investigation of inbreeding depression in the endangered species Brassica insularis.
Heredity - 1 Oct 2006
Glémin S, Vimond L, Ronfort J, Bataillon T, Mignot A
Abstract excerpt
Various methods have been proposed to estimate inbreeding depression and to assess its consequences for natural populations. As an alternative to controlled crosses, the use of molecular markers has allowed direct investigation of inbreeding depression in natural populations, but usually suffers from low statistical power. Here, we investigated the effect of inbreeding depression on survival in two populations of...
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