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Outbreeding and possibly inbreeding depression in a pollinating fig wasp with a mixed mating system.
Heredity - 1 Apr 2009
Greeff J M, Jansen van Vuuren G J, Kryger P, Moore J C
Abstract excerpt
Mixed mating systems are somewhat of an enigma as most models predict that organisms should either inbreed when inbreeding depression is low, or outbreed when inbreeding depression is high. Many wasps mix routine inbreeding with a little random mating. This random mating is most common when all local sibmating opportunities are exhausted and dispersal is the only way males can further increase their fitness. The...
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