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Costs and benefits of genetic heterogeneity within organisms.

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Nov 2004

Pineda-Krch M, Lehtilä K

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An increasing number of studies have recently detected within-organism genetic heterogeneity suggesting that genetically homogeneous organisms may be rare. In this review, we examine the potential costs and benefits of such intraorganismal genetic heterogeneity (IGH) on the fitness of the individual. The costs of IGH include cancerous growth, parasitism, competitive interactions and developmental instability, all...

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PMID: 15525396
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00808.x

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