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Heterozygosity, Fitness and Inbreeding Depression in Natural Populations Essay Preview: Heterozygosity, Fitness and Inbreeding Depression in Natural Populations Report this essay Heterozygosity, fitness and inbreeding depression in natural populations Inbreeding is mating between close relatives and can depress components of reproductive fitness thus having detrimental effects on the populations survival, a phenomenon known as inbreeding.