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Effects of inbreeding and interpopulation crosses on performance and plasticity of two generations of offspring of a declining grassland plant.
American journal of botany - 1 Aug 2012
Walisch Tania J, Colling Guy, Poncelet Myriam, Matthies Diethart
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Inbreeding depression is a major evolutionary force and an important topic in conservation genetics because habitat fragmentation leads to increased inbreeding in the populations of many species. Crosses between populations may restore heterozygosity, resulting in increased performance (heterosis), but may also lead to the disruption of coadapted gene complexes and to decreased performance...
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