Tag Archives: fitness

Genetic Rescue – Fitness and genomic consequences

Posted on 22 Sep, 2020 by Kathleen Grogan

As a PhD student studying the effects of genetic diversity overall and immunogenetic diversity specifically on survival and reproductive success in an endangered primate in captive and wild populations, I thought a lot about the potential effects of inbreeding and … Continue reading →

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Live fast and reproduce young

Posted on 1 Apr, 2015 by Rob Denton

Here is one for the “simple, elegant science” folder: a new paper in PNAS by Julia Schroeder and colleagues that demonstrates a fitness disadvantage in offspring from older parents. While there a multitude of papers out there showing that gametes have … Continue reading →

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