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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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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 |