Sojourn times and substitution rate at overdominant and linked neutral loci.

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The sojourn times until fixation of an overdominant allele were investigated based on the diffusion equation. Furthermore, the rate of accumulation of mutations, or the substitution rate, was predicted from the mean extinction time of a common overdominant allele. The substitution rate calculated theoretically agreed well with that determined by computer simulation. Overdominant selection enhances the...

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