inbreeding depression


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inbreeding depression

[′in‚brēd·iŋ di‚presh·ən]
(genetics)
A decrease in fitness and vigor as a result of inbreeding.
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Evolution of the magnitude and timing of inbreeding depression in plants.
POLLEN-MEDIATED SELECTIVE ABORTION IN YUCCAS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PLANT-POLLINATOR MUTUALISM
Therefore, a research project was planned to quantify the genetic potential, heritability, inbreeding depression and correlation of yield with various yield contributing traits in F3 populations and their parental genotypes of upland cotton.
GENETIC ATTRIBUTES OF F3 POPULATIONS AND THEIR PARENTAL LINES IN UPLAND COTTON
Inbreeding depression was lower for fruit set than for seed set ([delta] = 0.
Reproductive Ecology of Opuntia macrocentra (Cactaceae) in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert
This suggests that the mass-selected populations are not currently experiencing inbreeding depression.
Genetic diversity of cultured, naturalized, and native pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, determined from multiplexed microsatellite markers
2005) also observed that Brix was the trait less affected by inbreeding depression.
Inbreeding in sugarcane varieties/Autofecundacao em variedades de cana-de-acucar
If selfing were prominent, it would be expected that deleterious alleles would have been purged over time and these animals would be able to self with little to no inbreeding depression (Crnokrak and Barrett, 2002).
Effects of selling on offspring survival and reproduction in a colonial simultaneous hermaphrodite (Bugula stolonifera, Bryozoa)
50 for GG(A) and GG(B), and GG(B) had slightly greater inbreeding depression than GG(A) (Table 4).
Response to selection and genetic drift in three populations derived from the golden glow maize population
1999), our results provide some evidence of changes in body size that may be manifestations of inbreeding depression.
Captivity, inbreeding, cross-lineage matings, and body size in Mexican wolves. (Canid Conservation)
In plants, inbreeding depression has been demonstrated in many different life stages, ranging from seed production to adult reproduction and adult survival (for review see Charlesworth and Charlesworth 1987).
INBREEDING EFFECTS ON RESISTANCE AND TRANSMISSION-RELATED TRAITS IN THE SILENE-MICROBOTRYUM PATHOSYSTEM
Genetic analyses suggest that recessive deleterious alleles, rather than overdominant genes, are the primary cause for inbreeding depression (Wright 1977; D.
Effects of different levels of inbreeding on progeny fitness in Plantago coronopus
Although inbreeding depression was not included in the simulated model, it should not be a problem to see the effect of the OGC algorithm in this study.
Evaluation of optimum genetic contribution theory to control inbreeding while maximizing genetic response
KEY WORDS: southern bay scallop, Argopecten irradians concentricus, self-fertilized families, production traits, inbreeding depression
The effects of in breeding on production traits of the southern bay scallop Argopecten irradians concentricus

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