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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |