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How to avoid the pitfalls of inbreeding

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By balancing self-fertilization with occasional sex, a small marine fish maintains a robust immune system.

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  1. Ellison, A. et al. Proc. R. Soc. B http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1929 (2012).

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  1. Janelle Weaver
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