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Response to selection on cold tolerance is constrained by inbreeding.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Aug 2012
Dierks Anneke, Baumann Birgit, Fischer Klaus
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionary potential of any given population is of fundamental importance for its longer term prospects. Modern land-use practices often result in small and isolated populations, increasing the risk of extinction through reduced genetic diversity as a consequence of inbreeding or drift. Such genetic erosion may also interfere with a population's evolutionary potential. In this study, we investigate the...
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