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Patterns of inbreeding depression and architecture of the load in subdivided populations.
Genetics - 1 Dec 2003
Glémin Sylvain, Ronfort Joëlle, Bataillon Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Inbreeding depression is a general phenomenon that is due mainly to recessive deleterious mutations, the so-called mutation load. It has been much studied theoretically. However, until very recently, population structure has not been taken into account, even though it can be an important factor in the evolution of populations. Population subdivision modifies the dynamics of deleterious mutations because the...
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