Inbreeding depression strongly affects the biological fitness of organisms throughout their
life cycle. These negative effects are more pronounced in species with low dispersal …

Many benthic marine invertebrates resemble plants in being modular and either sessile or
sedentary, and by relying on an external vector to disperse their gametes. These shared …

In species vulnerable to both inbreeding and outbreeding depression, individuals might be
expected to choose mates at intermediate levels of genetic relatedness. Previous work on …

Although self-fertilization can mitigate the costs of sexual reproduction, many hermaphroditic
marine invertebrates avoid selfing, presumably because of inbreeding depression …

This study aimed at evaluating the effect of one generation of full-sibling mating on traits
related to the fitness of the gregarious freshwater shrimp Neocaridina davidi, both under …

Inbreeding is a potent evolutionary force shaping the distribution of genetic variation within
and among populations of plants and animals. Yet, our understanding of the forces shaping …

Many species avoid inbreeding through dispersal of individuals away from their natal groups
or sites. Benthic marine invertebrates with long free-living larval stages generally possess …

All organisms face two fundamental trade-offs in the allocation of energetic resources: one
between many small versus a few large offspring, and the second between present and …

Anthropogenic environmental changes continue to threaten species globally. On the one
hand, anthropogenic movement of species has caused unintentional hybridisation, which …

Understanding the fitness consequences of inbreeding (inbreeding depression) is of
importance to evolutionary and conservation biology. There is ample evidence for …