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Impacts of inbreeding on bumblebee colony fitness under field conditions

BACKGROUND: Inbreeding and the loss of genetic diversity are known to be significant threats to small, isolated populations. Hymenoptera represent a special case regarding the impact of inbreeding. Haplodiploidy may permit purging of deleterious recessive alleles in haploid males, meaning inbreeding...

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Autores principales: Whitehorn, Penelope R, Tinsley, Matthew C, Brown, Mark JF, Darvill, Ben, Goulson, Dave
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2712462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19573223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-152