As populations become increasingly fragmented, managers are often faced with the
dilemma that intentional hybridization might save a population from inbreeding depression …

Publisher Summary This chapter presents a review of mate choice and genetic quality,
defines mate choice, and discusses some of the key issues about how individuals can …

Inbreeding avoidance is predicted to induce sex biases in dispersal. But which sex should
disperse? In polygynous species, females pay higher costs to inbreeding and thus might be …

In sexual reproduction the genetic similarity or dissimilarity between mates strongly affects
offspring fitness. When mating partners are too closely related, increased homozygosity …

Heterozygosity fitness correlations (HFC s) have frequently been used to detect inbreeding
depression, under the assumption that genome‐wide heterozygosity is a good proxy for …

Habitat fragmentation/alteration has been proposed as a distinct process threatening the
viability of populations of many organisms. One expression of its impact may be the …

Heterozygosity‐fitness correlations (HFCs) at noncoding genetic markers are commonly
assumed to reflect fitness effects of heterozygosity at genomewide distributed genes in …

Human encroachment on wildlife habitats is leading to increased fragmentation; hence,
there is an increasing focus on improving connectivity between remaining habitat. Large …

Socially monogamous female birds routinely mate with males outside the pair bond. Three
alternative hypotheses consider genetic benefits as the major driver behind the female …

The complex interactions between genetic diversity and evolution have important
implications in many biological areas including conservation, speciation, and mate choice. A …