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Reversing mother's curse revisited.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Feb 2012

Hedrick Philip W

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Because of maternal mtDNA inheritance, mtDNA mutations detrimental only in males are not expected to be selected against, an effect termed the "mother's curse." However, if there is positive-assortative mating, equivalent to what was called "inbreeding" by Wade and Brandvain (2009), then selection can act to reduce the frequency of these male-specific detrimental mtDNA mutants. On the other hand, as shown here...

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PMID: 22276553
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01465.x

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