The impact of Fisher's reproductive compensation on raising equilibrium frequencies of semidominant, nonlethal mutations under mutation/selection balance.

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Fisher's reproductive compensation (fRC) occurs when a species' demography means the death of an individual results in increased survival probability of his/her relatives, usually assumed to be full sibs. This likely occurs in many species, including humans. Several important recessive human genetic diseases cause early foetal/infant death allowing fRC to act on these mutations. The impact of fRC on these genetic...

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