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Close inbreeding and low genetic diversity in Inner Asian human populations despite geographical exogamy

When closely related individuals mate, they produce inbred offspring, which often have lower fitness than outbred ones. Geographical exogamy, by favouring matings between distant individuals, is thought to be an inbreeding avoidance mechanism; however, no data has clearly tested this prediction. Her...

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Autores principales: Marchi, Nina, Mennecier, Philippe, Georges, Myriam, Lafosse, Sophie, Hegay, Tatyana, Dorzhu, Choduraa, Chichlo, Boris, Ségurel, Laure, Heyer, Evelyne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29925873
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27047-3