Intrinsic differences between males and females determine sex-specific consequences of inbreeding

BACKGROUND: Inbreeding increases homozygosity and exposes deleterious recessive alleles, generally decreasing the fitness of inbred individuals. Interestingly, males and females are usually affected differently by inbreeding, though the more vulnerable sex depends on the species and trait measured....

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Autores principales: Ebel, Emily R., Phillips, Patrick C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26860745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0604-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26860745
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0604-5

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