No evidence of inbreeding depression in a Tasmanian devil insurance population despite significant variation in inbreeding

Inbreeding depression occurs when inbred individuals experience reduced fitness as a result of reduced genome-wide heterozygosity. The Tasmanian devil faces extinction due to a contagious cancer, devil facial tumour disease (DFTD). An insurance metapopulation was established in 2006 to ensure the su...

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Autores principales: Gooley, Rebecca, Hogg, Carolyn J., Belov, Katherine, Grueber, Catherine E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5431960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28500329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02000-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5431960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28500329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02000-y

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