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Producing offspring in Armadillidium vulgare: Effects of genetic diversity and inbreeding.
Evolution & development - 1 Mar 2018
Durand Sylvine, Loiseau Vincent, Prigot Cybèle, Braquart-Varnier Christine, Beltran-Bech Sophie
Abstract excerpt
Genetic diversity is known to be correlated to fitness traits, and inbred individuals often display lower values for life history traits. In this study, we attempt to quantify how inbreeding affects such traits in the terrestrial isopod Armadillidium vulgare by performing inbred and non-inbred crosses under laboratory conditions. We estimated genetic characteristics of parents and offspring, and related them to...
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