Population genetics of sexually antagonistic mitochondrial mutants under inbreeding.

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In random mating populations, the fate of mitochondrial mutations with sexually antagonistic effects in males and females is based solely on their effects in females. Therefore, mitochondrial mutations that are beneficial for females but deleterious for males will be fixed in a deterministic model. Why then are males not less fertile? One among many several explanations is that inbreeding limits the ability of...

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