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Kinship between parents reduces offspring fitness in a natural population of Rhododendron brachycarpum

Author(s) -

Akira S. Hirao

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcq018

Subject(s) - biology , inbreeding depression , inbreeding , kinship , offspring , natural population growth , mating system , population , mating , genetic fitness , genetic load , outbreeding depression , ecology , zoology , evolutionary biology , demography , genetics , biological evolution , pregnancy , sociology , political science , law

A reduction in offspring fitness resulting from mating between neighbours is interpreted as biparental inbreeding depression. However, little is known about the relationship between the parents' genetic relatedness and biparental inbreeding depression in their progeny in natural populations. This study assesses the effect of kinship between parents on the fitness of their progeny and the extent of spatial genetic structure in a natural population of Rhododendron brachycarpum.

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