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Efficiency of selection, as measured by single nucleotide polymorphism variation, is dependent on inbreeding rate in Drosophila melanogaster.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2009
Demontis Ditte, Pertoldi Cino, Loeschcke Volker, Mikkelsen Karina, Axelsson Tomas, Kristensen Torsten Nygaard
Abstract excerpt
It is often hypothesized that slow inbreeding causes less inbreeding depression than fast inbreeding at the same absolute level of inbreeding. Possible explanations for this phenomenon include the more efficient purging of deleterious alleles and more efficient selection for heterozygote individuals during slow, when compared with fast, inbreeding. We studied the impact of inbreeding rate on the loss of...
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