Demographic costs of inbreeding revealed by sex-specific genetic rescue effects
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Inbreeding can slow population growth and elevate extinction risk. A small number of unrelated immigrants to an inbred population can substantially reduce inbreeding and improve fitness, but little attention has been paid to the sex-...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/289 |