Expansion load: recessive mutations and the role of standing genetic variation.

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Expanding populations incur a mutation burden - the so-called expansion load. Previous studies of expansion load have focused on codominant mutations. An important consequence of this assumption is that expansion load stems exclusively from the accumulation of new mutations occurring in individuals living at the wave front. Using individual-based simulations, we study here the dynamics of standing genetic...

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