Changes in the Mean and Variance Under Inbreeding Inbreeding Inbreeding (mating of related individuals) often results in a change in the mean of a trait compared with its value in a random-mating population. Its importance is that inbreeding is generally harmful and reduces fitness. In particular, inbreeding often causes a reduction of the mean value for quantitative traits associated with repr...

CHANGES IN THE MEAN AND VARIANCE UNDER INBREEDING Inbreeding Inbreeding (mating of related individuals) often results in a change in the mean of a trait compared with its value in a random-mating population. Its importance is that inbreeding is generally harmful and reduces fitness. In particular, inbreeding often causes a reduction of the mean value for quantitative traits associated with repr...

Captive-breeding programs have been widely used in the conservation of imperiled species, but the effects of inbreeding, frequently expressed in traits related to fitness, are nearly unavoidable in small populations with few founders. Following its planned extirpation in the wild, the endangered red wolf (Canis rufus) was preserved in captivity with just 14 founders. In this study, we evaluated...

We propose a novel theory for the evolution of polyandry driven by genetic benefits to females whose offspring interbreed. In species with an ecology characterized by frequent colonization of new habitat patches, consanguineous matings may be common during the early stages of colonization, but genetic diversity may grow as new colonizers arrive. We show that with levels of inbreeding depression...

Influences of inbreeding on daily milk yield (DMY), age at first calving (AFC), and calving intervals (CI) were determined on a highly inbred zebu dairy subpopulation of the Guzerat breed. Variance components were estimated using animal models in single-trait analyses. Two approaches were employed to estimate inbreeding depression: using individual increase in inbreeding coefficients or using i...

The deleterious consequences of inbreeding, especially in the form of inbreeding depression, are well known. However, little is known about how inbreeding affects genome-wide gene expression. Here, we show that inbreeding changes transcription levels for a number of genes. Gene expression profiles of Drosophila melanogaster lines inbred to F approximately = 0.67 at different rates changed relat...

Genetic diversity in the U.S. Hereford population was characterized by examining the level and rate of inbreeding and effective population size. Pedigree records for 20,624,418 animals were obtained from the American Hereford Association, of which 96.1% had both parents identified. Inbreeding coefficients were computed and mean inbreeding (Fx) calculated by year from 1900 to 2001. Inbreeding in...

A territorial isolation is a danger to the game population, causing deterioration called the inbreeding depression. The typical signs are anomalous body proportions, such as short lower jaw, shortened lifetime, weak physique and lower birth rate. This is caused by low number of game in the community. White colored deer is in the location of the CzechRepublicbred in separation since 18th century...

This pilot study demonstrates the use of multiphasic analysis of non-return data to study effects of inbreeding on conception rate, calving rate and calving rate given conception when only non-return data is available. The results indicate that inbreeding of the cow mainly affects late embryonic mortality while inbreeding of the embryo mainly affects foetal mortality. However, interpretation of...

Inbreeding depression in phenotypic variations as well as reproductive capacity was reported in animals. Depression of physical measurements in human beings especially among infants and adults due to inbreeding has also been reported all over the world. The present study is an attempt to examine the nature of inbreeding effect on growing children at each yearly age with increase of inbreeding i...