The effect of linkage and population size on inbreeding depression due to mutational load.

doi:10.1017/s0016672300030160

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The effect of linkage and population size on inbreeding depression due to mutational load.

Genetical research - 1 Feb 1992

Charlesworth D, Morgan M T, Charlesworth B

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Using a stochastic model of a finite population in which there is mutation to partially recessive detrimental alleles at many loci, we study the effects of population size and linkage between the loci on the population mean fitness and inbreeding depression values. Although linkage between the se...

Topics

Genetic Linkage
Inbreeding
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Population Density

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