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Inbreeding depression across the lifespan in a wild mammal population.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Mar 2016
Huisman Jisca, Kruuk Loeske E B, Ellis Philip A, Clutton-Brock Tim, Pemberton Josephine M
Abstract excerpt
Inbreeding depression is of major concern for the conservation of threatened species, and inbreeding avoidance is thought to be a key driver in the evolution of mating systems. However, the estimation of individual inbreeding coefficients in natural populations has been challenging, and, consequently, the full effect of inbreeding on fitness remains unclear. Genomic inbreeding coefficients may resolve the...
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