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Inbreeding leads to extinction

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  • Richard Frankham

    (the School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University)

  • Katherine Ralls

    (National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution)

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Opinion on the question of whether genetic problems such as inbreeding contribute to the extinction of wild populations has been divided between two camps. On the one hand, inbreeding reduces reproductive success but, on the other hand, environmental events could causes extinctions before genetic factors come into play. The debate has now been resolved by a study of a wild butterfly population in Finland — and the evidence weighs down in favour of a significant role for inbreeding in the extinction of wild populations.

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  • Richard Frankham & Katherine Ralls, 1998. "Inbreeding leads to extinction," Nature, Nature, vol. 392(6675), pages 441-442, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:392:y:1998:i:6675:d:10.1038_33022
    DOI: 10.1038/33022
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    1. J Nevil Amos & Andrew F Bennett & Ralph Mac Nally & Graeme Newell & Alexandra Pavlova & James Q Radford & James R Thomson & Matt White & Paul Sunnucks, 2012. "Predicting Landscape-Genetic Consequences of Habitat Loss, Fragmentation and Mobility for Multiple Species of Woodland Birds," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(2), pages 1-12, February.

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