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Science 30 November 1979:
Vol. 206. no. 4422, pp. 1101 - 1103
DOI: 10.1126/science.493997
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Science, Vol 206, Issue 4422, 1101-1103
Copyright © 1979 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Inbreeding and juvenile mortality in small populations of ungulates

K Ralls, K Brugger, and J Ballou

Juvenile mortality of inbred young was higher than that of noninbred young in 15 of 16 species of captive ungulates. In 19 of 25 individual females, belonging to ten species, a larger percentage of young died when the female was mated to a related male than when she was mated to an unrelated male.


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