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Heterozygote advantage and the maintenance of polymorphism for multilocus traits.

Theoretical population biology - 1 Nov 2005

Ding Alexandre, Goudet Jérôme

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Explaining how polymorphism is maintained in the face of selection remains a puzzle since selection tends to erode genetic variation. Provided an infinitely large unsubdivided population and no frequency-dependance of selective values, heterozygote advantage is the text book explanation for the maintenance of polymorphism when selection acts at a diallelic locus. Here, we investigate whether this remains true...

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PMID: 16029881
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2005.06.002

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