Molecular evolution near a two-locus balanced polymorphism.

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Balancing selection at one locus can increase the amount of selectively neutral variation within neighboring genomic regions. Discrete phenotypic polymorphisms studied in natural populations are frequently determined by sets of interacting genes instead of alternative alleles at single loci. We extend coalescent theory to investigate balancing selection on combinations of linked genes. We find that variation at...

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