Overdominant Mutations Restrict Adaptive Loss of Heterozygosity at Linked Loci.

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Loss of heterozygosity is a common mode of adaptation in asexual diploid populations. Because mitotic recombination frequently extends the full length of a chromosome arm, the selective benefit of loss of heterozygosity may be constrained by linked heterozygous mutations. In a previous laboratory evolution experiment with diploid yeast, we frequently observed homozygous mutations in the WHI2 gene on the right arm...

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