Inbreeding depression in red deer calves

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Understanding the fitness consequences of inbreeding is of major importance for evolutionary and conservation biology. However, there are few studies using pedigree-based estimates of inbreeding or investigating the influence of envi...

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Main Authors: Walling Craig A, Nussey Daniel H, Morris Alison, Clutton-Brock Tim H, Kruuk Loeske EB, Pemberton Josephine M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/318