John Edser wrote:

> JM:-
> 3. It is an empirical fact that such an absolute fitness loss does
> not happen in evolution.
> 
That's news to anyone who's worked on inbreeding depression.

Of course, you could be right, in which case I would ask you to give 
details of the empirical work that has demonstrated this.

Bob

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