AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF INBREEDING DEPRESSION IN A NATURAL HABITAT

被引：288

作者：

JIMENEZ, JA

HUGHES, KA

ALAKS, G

GRAHAM, L

LACY, RC

机构：

[1] CHICAGO ZOOL SOC, DEPT CONSERVAT BIOL, BROOKFIELD, IL 60513 USA

[2] UNIV ILLINOIS, DEPT BIOL SCI, CHICAGO, IL 60680 USA

来源：

SCIENCE | 1994年 / 266卷 / 5183期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.7939661

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Inbreeding is known to lead to decreased survival and reproduction in captive populations of animals. It is also important to know whether inbreeding has deleterious effects in natural habitats. An estimate was made of the effects of inbreeding in white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis, derived from a wild population. This study demonstrates that inbreeding had a significant detrimental effect on the survivorship of mice reintroduced into a natural habitat. This effect was more severe than the effect observed in laboratory studies of the population.

引用

页码：271 / 273

页数：3

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