The correlation between inbreeding and fitness: does allele size matter?

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Title
The correlation between inbreeding and fitness: does allele size matter?
Journal
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Author(s)
Goudet J., Keller L.
ISSN
0169-5347
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2002
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
17
Number
5
Pages
201-202
Language
english
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Abstract
The availability of highly polymorphic genetic markers, in particular microsatellites, has made it possible to test the effect of inbreeding on fitness in the field and in the absence of pedigree information. It has been suggested that the squared difference in allele size at a locus (d(2)) might be a better indicator of the level of inbreeding than is heterozygosity. Using an elegant new analytical model, Tsitrone et al. now put this idea to the test, and to rest.
Keywords
mutation, d-squared, heterozygosity, inbreeding, fitness, microsatellites, field study
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