Sexual selection matters in genetic rescue, but productivity benefits fade over time: a multi-generation experiment to inform conservation.

Abstract excerpt

Globally, many species are threatened by population decline because of anthropogenic changes leading to population fragmentation, genetic isolation and inbreeding depression. Genetic rescue, the controlled introduction of genetic variation, is a method used to relieve such effects in small populations. However, without understanding how the characteristics of rescuers impact rescue attempts interventions run the...

Topics

• Animals
• Male
• Female
• Conservation of Natural Resources
• Tribolium
• Sexual Selection