Levels of multiallelic overdominance fitness, heterozygote excess and heterozygote deficiency.

doi:10.1016/0040-5809(90)90031-p

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Levels of multiallelic overdominance fitness, heterozygote excess and heterozygote deficiency.

Theoretical population biology - 1 Feb 1990

Karlin S

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Concepts and results on selection balance in multiallelic systems are described. These include a multidimensional concept of heterozygote excess and heterozygote deficiency, a hierarchy of means of assessment of heterozygote advantage, comparisons and contrasts of allelic versus gametic polymorph...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Gene Frequency
Genes, Dominant
Genetics, Population
Heterozygote
Humans
Models, Genetic
Multigene Family
Polymorphism, Genetic
Selection, Genetic

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