inbreeding depression
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- The reduction in vigour over generations of inbreeding. This affects species which are normally outbreeding and highly heterozygous. See: hybrid vigour.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - ectopic, endogamy, exogamy, FISH, heterosis, hybrid vigour, in situ plaque hybridization, outbreeding