An Experimental Study of Inbreeding Depression in a Natural Habitat
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- 14 October 1994
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 266 (5183) , 271-273
Abstract
Inbreeding is known to lead to decreased survival and reproduction in captive populations of animals. It is also important to know whether inbreeding has deleterious effects in natural habitats. An estimate was made of the effects of inbreeding in white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis , derived from a wild population. This study demonstrates that inbreeding had a significant detrimental effect on the survivorship of mice reintroduced into a natural habitat. This effect was more severe than the effect observed in laboratory studies of the population.Keywords
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