Inbreeding Depression

V. Loeschcke; T. N. Kristensen

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-374984-0.00782-8

Inbreeding Depression

V. Loeschcke^*, T. N. Kristensen

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Abstract

Inbreeding is the mating of related individuals. It leads to a reduced number of heterozygotes and ultimately to complete homozygosity. Inbreeding depression is often observed with inbreeding and can be defined as the decrease in mean value of a trait due to inbreeding. Domestic and natural populations of small population sizes often suffer from inbreeding depression in traits closely related to fitness. Inbreeding depression can be a severe threat for the long-term persistence of populations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics : Second Edition
Number of pages	2
Publisher	Elsevier
Publication date	27 Feb 2013
Pages	55-56
ISBN (Print)	9780123749840
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080961569
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374984-0.00782-8
Publication status	Published - 27 Feb 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

'Omics'
Balancing selection
Breeding
Environmental stress
Fitness
Genetic load
Heterosis
Heterozygosity
Homozygosity
Inbreeding by environment interactions
Mutations
Overdominance
Partial dominance
Purging

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