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Evidence for inbreeding depression in a species with limited opportunity for maternal effects

It is often assumed that mating with close relatives reduces offspring fitness. In such cases, reduced offspring fitness may arise from inbreeding depression (i.e., genetic effects of elevated homozygosity) or from post-mating maternal investment. This can be due to a reduction in female investment...

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Autores principales: Vega-Trejo, Regina, Head, Megan L, Jennions, Michael D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4395169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25897379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1445