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Inbreeding rate modifies the dynamics of genetic load in small populations

The negative fitness consequences of close inbreeding are widely recognized, but predicting the long-term effects of inbreeding and genetic drift due to limited population size is not straightforward. As the frequency and homozygosity of recessive deleterious alleles increase, selection can remove (...

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Autores principales: Pekkala, Nina, Emily Knott, K, Kotiaho, Janne S, Puurtinen, Mikael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22957182
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.293