How does inbreeding depression occur?
A. Inbreeding increases homozygosity and exposes deleterious recessive phenotypes to selection
at a higher rate than random mating.
B. Inbred individuals cannot adapt to a changing environment and thus have lower fitness if the
environment changes.
C.Inbreeding increases heterozygosity and heterozygotes with lower fitness are exposed to
selection.
D. Inbred individuals inherently have lower fitness because they come from populations with
decreased genetic variability..
How does inbreeding depression occur A Inbreeding increase.pdf
1. How does inbreeding depression occur?
A. Inbreeding increases homozygosity and exposes deleterious recessive phenotypes to selection
at a higher rate than random mating.
B. Inbred individuals cannot adapt to a changing environment and thus have lower fitness if the
environment changes.
C.Inbreeding increases heterozygosity and heterozygotes with lower fitness are exposed to
selection.
D. Inbred individuals inherently have lower fitness because they come from populations with
decreased genetic variability.
