Purging inbreeding depression and the probability of extinction: full-sib mating.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1994.183

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Purging inbreeding depression and the probability of extinction: full-sib mating.

Heredity - 1 Oct 1994

Hedrick P W

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Inbreeding depression has been a topic of interest in recent years from a number of perspectives, particularly in the captive breeding of endangered species. Generally, the goal of captive breeding is to avoid the detrimental effects of inbreeding depression and to retain genetic variation for fu...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Alleles
Animals
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genes, Lethal
Genetic Variation
Homozygote
Inbreeding
Male
Models, Genetic
Probability
Risk Factors
Selection, Genetic
Vertebrates

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