Genomic analysis reveals depression due to both individual and maternal inbreeding in a free-living mammal population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 3152-3168

  Bérénos, Camillo ^a   Ellis, Philip A ^a   Pilkington, Jill G ^a   Pemberton, Josephine M ^a  

^a Institute of Evolutionary Biology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genomic data; Heterozygosity fitness correlation; Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Maternal inbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SCOTLAND; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCOTLAND; SHEEP;

EID: 84988220924     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13681     Document Type: Article

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