On the correlation between heterozygosity and fitness in natural populations

By Bengt Hansson, Lars Westerberg. Molecular Ecology, 2002

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The fourth paradigm pattern of post‐glacial range expansion of European terrestrial species: the phylogeography of the Marbled White butterfly (Satyrinae, Lepidoptera) (2005, background): “The importance of genetic diversity for the viability of populations is widely accepted (Frankham et al., 2002; Hansson & Westerberg, 2002; Reed & Frankham, 2003; Schmitt & Hewitt, 2004) and many single species examples have been proffered (e.g. Oostermeijer et al., 1995; Newman & Pilson, 1997;…”
Responsible genetic approach to stock restoration, sea ranching and stock enhancement of marine fishes and invertebrates (2017, background): “Gene diversities are not highly correlated with diversities at quantitative trait loci (Reed and Frankham 2001, 2003; Evans et al. 2004) or with fitness (David 1998; Hansson and Westerberg 2002).”
Managing biological and genetic diversity in tropical agroforestry (2004, background): “Second, heterozygosity, or high genetic variation within an individual species, is positively related to fitness, i.e., the relative contribution of an individual’s genotype to the next generation in context of the population gene pool (Hansson and Westerberg 2002).”
Managing genetic variation in tropical trees: linking knowledge with action in agroforestry ecosystems for improved conservation and enhanced livelihoods (2009, background): “Inbreeding depression reduces individual Wtness and raises the possibilities of population and/or species extinction (Charlesworth and Charlesworth 1987; Hansson and Westerberg 2002; Reed and Frankham 2003); indeed, the negative eVects of inbreeding in trees are well documented and include embryo ”
Extra-pair paternity in the monogamous alpine marmot (Marmota marmota): the roles of social setting and female mate choice (2006, background): “2003) and with traits favoured in mate choice (Brown 1997; Ditchkoff et al. 2001; Hansson and Westerberg 2002), females may”
Isolation of (AC)n-microsatellites in Vitis vinifera L. and analysis of genetic background in grapevines under marker assisted selection (2004, background): “In animals it has been demonstrated that individuals with high individual heterozygosity and genetic diversity, assessed at neutral markers, exhibit enhanced fitness Coulson et al. 1998, Hansson and Westerberg 2002 and higher performance indices Wu et al. 2001.”
Genetic similarity of social mates predicts the level of extrapair paternity in splendid fairy-wrens (2005, background): “…the effects of genetic similarity on mating patterns in our study population are strong (Smith et al. 2005), although it also is possible that the microsatellite loci we used were linked to other polymorphic loci that affect fitness (i.e. ‘local effects’; Hansson & Westerberg 2002; Pemberton 2004).”
Molecular biogeography of Europe: Pleistocene cycles and postglacial trends (2007, background): “Conservation implications There is increasing evidence that the population genetic constitution is highly important for the individual fitness [171-173].”
Patterns of Genetic Diversity and Its Loss in Mammalian Populations (2005, background): “Studies linking genetic diversity to both individual fitness and population persistence (Coltman et al. 1999; Hansson & Westerberg 2002; Reed & Frankham 2003) underscore the importance of conserving the breadth of existing genetic variability.”
Microevolution in agricultural environments: how a traditional Amerindian farming practice favours heterozygosity in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae) (2004, background): “The theoretical foundation for using correlations between heterozygosity at neutral loci and fitness to analyse inbreeding depression and heterosis is reviewed by Pemberton et al. (1999); Hansson & Westerberg (2002) and Keller & Waller (2002).”
The importance of immune gene variability (MHC) in evolutionary ecology and conservation (2005, background): “A correlation between individual heterozygosity at neutral genetic markers and components of individual fitness can arise in different ways, with the effects of inbreeding depression due to a genome-wide reduction in genetic variability (including fitness-relevant loci) and linkage disequilibrium to”
Genetic diversity-fitness correlation revealed by microsatellite analyses in European alpine marmots (Marmota marmota) (2006, background): “The relationship between individual genetic variability and fitness, or more often fitness-related traits, has long been of interest to evolutionary and conservation biologists (Allendorf and Leary 1986; Houle 1989; Lacy 1993; Mitton 1993; David 1998; Hansson and Westerberg 2002; Coltman and Slate 2”