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Male-benefit sexually antagonistic genotypes show elevated vulnerability to inbreeding.
BMC evolutionary biology - 12 Jun 2017
Grieshop Karl, Berger David, Arnqvist Göran
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is theoretical and empirical evidence for strong sexual selection in males having positive effects on population viability by serving to purify the genome of its mutation load at a low demographic cost. However, there is also theoretical and empirical evidence for negative effects of sexual selection on female fitness, and therefore population viability, known as the gender load. This can take...
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