inbreeding depression
Americannoun
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The loss of vigor and general health that sometimes characterizes organisms that are the product of inbreeding.
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Compare hybrid vigor
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But these are likely underestimates of the effects of inbreeding because researchers didn’t collect data from the orcas’ earliest life stages, when inbreeding depression is often the strongest.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
However, the bottleneck effect occurs when inbreeding depression kills off part of a population, whereas the founder effect relies on nonrandom mating.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Loss of wild species would result in inbreeding depression, as crop varieties must be bred with wild species to remain viable.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Improved assembly algorithms, increased read lengths, and de novo sequences of additional haplotypes will reveal the full catalogue of genes critical to inbreeding depression.
From Nature ● Jul. 13, 2011
In contrast to the single modality of DM, RH exhibits clear bi-modality caused by heterozygosity. c, Genomic distribution of premature stop, frameshift and presence/absence variation mutations contributing to inbreeding depression.
From Nature ● Jul. 13, 2011
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