Is inbreeding and inbreeding depression associated with epigenetic regulation? – a case study using Daphnia as a model KU Leuven
Inbreeding results when related individuals mate. This may, for instance, occur when populations have become small, often the case for (locally) threatened species. Inbreeding is often associated with a lowered fitness (inbreeding depression; Bijlsma et al. 2000; Hedrick & Kalinowski 2000) and its occurrence has therefore important evolutionary implications. Recent work on plants has revealed that inbred lineages often show increased ...