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inbreeding depression: a standalone construct

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Population genetics

the reduced survival and fertility of offspring from related parents, mainly because harmful recessive alleles become homozygous.

In population genetics, inbreeding depression refers to the reduced survival and fertility of offspring from related parents, mainly because harmful recessive alleles become homozygous. This meaning comes from Charlesworth (1987) in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics.[1]

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References

  1. Charlesworth, D., & Charlesworth, B. (1987). Inbreeding Depression and Its Evolutionary Consequences. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 18(1), 237-268. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.es.18.110187.001321

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