Inbreeding and Outbreeding Depression in Natural Populations of Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae)
@article{Fenster2000InbreedingAO, title={Inbreeding and Outbreeding Depression in Natural Populations of Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae)}, author={Charles B. Fenster and Laura F. Galloway}, journal={Conservation Biology}, year={2000}, volume={14} }
Abstract: The deleterious consequences of inbreeding have been well documented. There are, however, few empirical studies that have examined the consequences of restoring heterozygosity and hence the fitness of inbred populations by conducting interpopulation crosses and measuring the performance of later‐generation hybrids under field conditions. We conducted interpopulation crosses of 100 m to 2000 km, which spans the range of Chamaecrista fasciculata ( Fabaceae) in eastern North America. We…
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