Conditions for maintaining and eroding pseudo-overdominance and its contribution to inbreeding depression

Classical models that ignore linkage predict that deleterious recessive mutations should purge or fix within inbred populations, yet inbred populations often retain moderate to high segregating load. True overdominance could generate balancing selection strong enough to sustain inbreeding depression...

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Main Authors: Abu-Awad, Diala, Waller, Donald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peer Community In 2023-01-01
Series:Peer Community Journal
Online Access:https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.224/
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