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Inbreeding and extreme outbreeding cause sex differences in immune defence and life history traits in Epirrita autumnata.

Heredity - 1 May 2007

Rantala M J, Roff D A

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Empirical studies in vertebrates support the hypothesis that inbreeding reduces resistance against parasites and pathogens. However, studies in insects have not found any evidence that inbreeding compromises immune defence. Here we tested whether one generation of brother-sister mating or extreme outbreeding (mating between two populations) have an effect on innate immunity and life history traits in the autumnal...

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PMID: 17314921
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800945

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