Article
Contrasting heterozygosity-fitness correlations between populations of a self-compatible shrub in a fragmented landscape.
Genetica - 1 Mar 2012
González-Varo Juan P, Aparicio Abelardo, Lavergne Sébastien, Arroyo Juan, Albaladejo Rafael G
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms underlying heterozygosity-fitness correlations (HFCs) are subject of intense debates, especially about how important population features such as size or degree of isolation influence HFCs. Here, we report variation in HFCs between Large and Small populations of a self-compatible shrub (Myrtus communis) occurring within an extremely fragmented landscape. In each of the five study populations, we...
Topics
- Biodiversity
- Crosses, Genetic
- Ecosystem
- Genetic Fitness
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Heterozygote
- Models, Genetic
- Myrtus
- Population Density
- Seedlings
