Inbreeding and genetic load in a pair of sibling grouse species: Tetrastes sewersowi and T. bonasia

Genetic load and inbreeding are recognized as important factors to be considered in conservation programs. Elevated levels of both can increase the risk of population extinction by negatively impacting fitness-related characters in many species of plants and animals, including humans (inbreeding dep...

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Main Authors: Kai Song, Tom van der Valk, Bin Gao, Peter Halvarsson, Yun Fang, Wendong Xie, Siegfried Klaus, Zhiming Han, Yue-Hua Sun, Jacob Höglund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2024-01-01
Series:Avian Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716624000276
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