Nonequivalent lethal equivalents: Models and inbreeding metrics for unbiased estimation of inbreeding load

Abstract Inbreeding depression, the deterioration in mean trait value in progeny of related parents, is a fundamental quantity in genetics, evolutionary biology, animal and plant breeding, and conservation biology. The magnitude of inbreeding depression can be quantified by the inbreeding load, typi...

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Main Authors: Pirmin Nietlisbach, Stefanie Muff, Jane M. Reid, Michael C. Whitlock, Lukas F. Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-02-01
Series:Evolutionary Applications
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12713