Effects of inbreeding on skeletal development of Rattus villosissimus.

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In a species of Australian native rat, Rattus villosissimus, which experiences extreme population fluctuations and possibly episodes of local inbreeding in the wild, generations of inbreeding in a laboratory colony led to altered skull shape and increased fluctuating asymmetry in some skeletal characters. Although inbreeding was closely associated with the number of generations in captivity, the effect of...

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