Essays about: "outbreeding depression"

Found 1 essay containing the words outbreeding depression.

  1. 1. Investigation of pollen limitation, inbreeding and outbreeding depression and heterosis in Euphrasia stricta var. suecica on Gotland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Emelie Nilsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Pollen limitation; inbreeding depression; outbreeding depression; heterosis; Euphrasia stricta var. suecica; selfing; conservation;

    Abstract : Habitat fragmentation is one of the main threats to semi-natural grasslands all over Europe, causing reductions in both numbers of populations and numbers of individuals withinpopulations. Small isolated populations are particularly vulnerable to fluctuations that reducespopulation size and could lead to loss of genetic variation due to inbreeding depression, orfixation of harmful alleles due to genetic drift. READ MORE