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Conservation genetics

an increase in population fitness after new genetic variation is introduced, usually by moving individuals into a small inbred population.

In conservation genetics, genetic rescue refers to an increase in population fitness after new genetic variation is introduced, usually by moving individuals into a small inbred population. This meaning comes from Whiteley (2015) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.[1]

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Whiteley, A. R., Fitzpatrick, S. W., Funk, W. C., & Tallmon, D. A. (2015). Genetic rescue to the rescue. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(1), 42-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2014.10.009

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