Long runs of homozygosity are reliable genomic markers of inbreeding depression

2025/08/01 by Christopher C. Kyriazis, Jacqueline A. Robinson, Kirk E. Lohmueller · 1 voice · 29 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Animal Genetics and Reproduction #Biology #Depression (economics) #Economics #Environmental health #Gene #Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals #Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock #Genetics #Genotype #Inbreeding #Inbreeding depression #Medicine #Runs of Homozygosity #Single-nucleotide polymorphism

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.tree.2025.06.013

published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution 40(9), 874-884 (Elsevier BV)

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Citations

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Discussions

• I am thrilled to share this paper outlining some ideas I’ve been thinking about for a little while on a simple but powerful approach for predicting risk of inbreeding depression from long runs of homo [bsky, 54 points, 1 comments]