Inbreeding depression, the reduction in fitness that accompanies inbreeding, is one of the
most important topics of research in evolutionary and conservation genetics. In the recent …

The genic capture hypothesis offers a resolution to the question of how genetic variation in
male sexually selected traits is maintained in the face of strong female preferences. The …

We analyzed sequence variation for chalcone synthase (Chs) and alcohol dehydrogenase
(Adh) loci in 28 species in the genera Arabidopsis and Arabis and related taxa from tribe …

The postgenomics era will bring many changes to ecology and evolution. Information about
genomic sequence and function provides a new foundation for organismal biology. The …

We review the published literature oninbreeding and its consequences in salmonidfishes.
Inbreeding reduces genetic variationwithin populations by decreasingheterozygosity, either …

Inbreeding is unavoidable in small, isolated populations and can cause substantial fitness
reductions compared to outbred populations. This loss of fitness has been predicted to …

Increased rates of inbreeding are one side effect of breeding programmes designed to give
genetic progress for traits of economic importance in livestock. Inbreeding leads to …

Non-model Arabidopsis species have been widely used as outgroup taxa in studies of
molecular evolution. In Arabidopsis lyrata, Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis arenosa …

Ever since Darwin's pioneering research, the evolution of self-fertilisation (selfing) has been
regarded as one of the most prevalent evolutionary transitions in flowering plants,. A major …

Developments in molecular and systems biology have enabled novel approaches to be
used in the study of inbreeding. Mechanistic and functional studies using 'omic'technologies …