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Domestication reshaped the genetic basis of inbreeding depression in a maize landrace compared to its wild relative, teosinte.
PLoS genetics - 1 Dec 2021
Samayoa Luis Fernando, Olukolu Bode A, Yang Chin Jian, Chen Qiuyue, Stetter Markus G, York Alessandra M, Sanchez-Gonzalez Jose de Jesus, Glaubitz Jeffrey C, Bradbury Peter J, Romay Maria Cinta, Sun Qi, Yang Jinliang, Ross-Ibarra Jeffrey, Buckler Edward S, Doebley John F, Holland James B
Abstract excerpt
Inbreeding depression is the reduction in fitness and vigor resulting from mating of close relatives observed in many plant and animal species. The extent to which the genetic load of mutations contributing to inbreeding depression is due to large-effect mutations versus variants with very small individual effects is unknown and may be affected by population history. We compared the effects of outcrossing and...
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