Meaning inbreeding depression
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inbreeding depressionLoss of vigour and variation due to crossing two genetically-similar plants.
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inbreeding depressionDecreased fitness arising from inbreeding; often due to the increased expression of lethal and deleterious recessive traits. © 2005 by W. H. Freeman and Company. All rights reserved. Pierce, B [..]
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inbreeding depressionReduced vigor of inbred
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inbreeding depressionA loss of vigor because of inbreeding. Inbreeding is the result of self-pollination or pollination between two close relatives. insect pollination
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inbreeding depressionA depression of vigour or yield due to inbreeding.
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inbreeding depressionThe reduction in vigor often observed in progeny from matings between close relatives. Inbreeding depression is due to the expression of recessive deleterious alleles and is usually severe in open-pollinated outcrossing species (most forest trees) that occur in fairly high population densities.
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inbreeding depressionReduction, in inbred individuals, of the mean value of a character (usually one correlated with fitness).
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