Genetic diversity at neutral and adaptive loci determines individual fitness in a long-lived territorial bird.

Abstract excerpt

There is compelling evidence about the manifest effects of inbreeding depression on individual fitness and populations' risk of extinction. The majority of studies addressing inbreeding depression on wild populations are generally based on indirect measures of inbreeding using neutral markers. However, the study of functional loci, such as genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), is highly...

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