Conservation Genetics

 

Describe the effects of non-random mating (inbreeding) on genotype frequencies

           Excess of homozygotes.

 

Describe the consequences of inbreeding depression

Decrease in average fitness in a population due to increase in number of homozygous deleterious recessives.

Humans, great tits, and waterleaf (text)

 

Describe strategies for minimizing genetic drift and inbreeding in populations of endangered species.

Conservation genetics of Greater Prairie Chicken (text)