The ease of obtaining genotypic data from wild populations has renewed interest in the
relationship between individual genetic diversity and fitness‐related traits (heterozygosity …

Heterozygosity fitness correlations (HFC s) have frequently been used to detect inbreeding
depression, under the assumption that genome‐wide heterozygosity is a good proxy for …

Genetic rescue—an increase in population fitness following the introduction of new alleles—
has been proven to ameliorate inbreeding depression in small, isolated populations, yet is …

Conservation genetics studies of populations bottlenecks are commonly framed under the
detrimental paradigm of inbreeding depression. This conceptual paradigm presupposes a …

Background Recent advances in genomics have greatly increased research opportunities
for non-model species. For wildlife, a growing availability of reference genomes means that …

Heterozygosity–fitness correlations (HFCs) are often used to link individual genetic variation
to differences in fitness. However, most studies examining HFCs find weak or no …

The negative effects of inbreeding on fitness are serious concerns for populations of
endangered species. Reduced fitness has been associated with lower genome‐wide …

Inbreeding causes increases in homozygosity and is commonly associated with reductions
in fertility and embryogenesis. Although the mechanisms underlying such effects are …

Heterosis was the catalyst for the domestication of cultivated strawberry (F ragaria×
ananassa), an interspecific hybrid species that originated in the 1700s. The hybrid origin …

Protected area systems should ideally maintain adaptive and neutral evolutionary
processes. To achieve this, plans for expanding protected area systems (prioritizations) can …