No evidence of inbreeding depression in a Tasmanian devil insurance population despite significant variation in inbreeding

Abstract Inbreeding depression occurs when inbred individuals experience reduced fitness as a result of reduced genome-wide heterozygosity. The Tasmanian devil faces extinction due to a contagious cancer, devil facial tumour disease (DFTD). An insurance metapopulation was established in 2006 to ensu...

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Autores principales: Rebecca Gooley, Carolyn J. Hogg, Katherine Belov, Catherine E. Grueber
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/796a8a0469974d42a74002cc7fea03d6
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