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Evolution. 1996 Oct;50(5):2000-2013. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03587.x.

SEVERE INBREEDING DEPRESSION AND RAPID FITNESS REBOUND IN THE BUTTERFLY BICYCLUS ANYNANA (SATYRIDAE).

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution

Ilik J Saccheri, Paul M Brakefield, Richard A Nichols

Affiliations

  1. Research Group in Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences, University of Leiden, Schelpenkade 14a, 2313 ZT, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  2. Conservation Genetics Group, Institute of Zoology, The Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK.
  3. School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK.

PMID: 28565613 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03587.x

Abstract

We established inbred laboratory lines of the satyrid Bicyclus anynana with one, three and 10 pairs of butterflies, which were subsequently allowed to increase freely to a maximum size of 300 butterflies. Minimally inbred control lines were established with 300 randomly selected virgin butterflies of equal sex ratio. We measured fecundity, egg weight, egg hatching, adult emergence, adult size, and the proportion of crippled adults in generations F

© 1996 The Society for the Study of Evolution.

Keywords: Bottleneck; Lepidoptera; fitness rebound; genetic load; inbreeding depression

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