Age‐dependent, negative heterozygosity–fitness correlations and local effects in an endangered Caribbean reptile, Iguana delicatissima

Abstract Inbreeding depression can have alarming impacts on threatened species with small population sizes. Assessing inbreeding has therefore become an important focus of conservation research. In this study, heterozygosity–fitness correlations (HFCs) were measured by genotyping 7 loci in 83 adult...

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Main Authors: Jessica L. Martin Judson, Charles R. Knapp, Mark E. Welch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-02-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3826