Do plant populations purge their genetic load? Effects of population size and mating history on inbreeding depression

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1999, Pages 479-513

  Byers, D L ^a   Waller, D M ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic effects of small population size; Genetic load; Mating system; Purging; Self fertilization

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING DEPRESSION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE;

EID: 0033374042     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.30.1.479     Document Type: Article

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