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Overt and concealed genetic loads revealed by QTL mapping of genotype-dependent viability in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas.
Genetics - 10 Dec 2021
Yin Xiaoshen, Hedgecock Dennis
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the genetic bases of inbreeding depression, heterosis, and genetic load is integral to understanding how genetic diversity is maintained in natural populations. The Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, like many long-lived plants, has high fecundity and high early mortality (type-III survivorship), manifesting a large, overt, genetic load; the oyster harbors an even greater concealed genetic load...
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