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SUBMITTER: van Bergen E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3619463 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Bergen Erik E Brakefield Paul M PM Heuskin Stéphanie S Zwaan Bas J BJ Nieberding Caroline M CM
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20130306 1758
Inbreeding depression results from mating among genetically related individuals and impairs reproductive success. The decrease in male mating success is usually attributed to an impact on multiple fitness-related traits that reduce the general condition of inbred males. Here, we find that the production of the male sex pheromone is reduced significantly by inbreeding in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana. Other traits indicative of the general condition, including flight performance, are also negati ...[more]