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Bioinformatically predicted deleterious mutations reveal complementation in the interior spruce hybrid complex.
BMC genomics - 15 Dec 2017
Conte Gina L, Hodgins Kathryn A, Yeaman Sam, Degner Jon C, Aitken Sally N, Rieseberg Loren H, Whitlock Michael C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutation load is expected to be reduced in hybrids via complementation of deleterious alleles. While local adaptation of hybrids confounds phenotypic tests for reduced mutation load, it may be possible to assess variation in load by analyzing the distribution of putatively deleterious alleles. Here, we use this approach in the interior spruce (Picea glauca x P. engelmannii) hybrid complex, a group...
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