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Selfing Shapes Fixation of a Mutant Allele Under Flux Equilibrium.
Genome biology and evolution - 4 Dec 2024
Xiao Yu, Lv Yan-Wen, Wang Zi-Yun, Wu Chao, He Zi-Han, Hu Xin-Sheng
Abstract excerpt
Sexual reproduction with alternative generations in a life cycle is an important feature in eukaryotic evolution. Partial selfing can regulate the efficacy of purging deleterious alleles in the gametophyte phase and the masking effect in heterozygotes in the sporophyte phase. Here, we develop a new theory to analyze how selfing shapes fixation of a mutant allele that is expressed in the gametophyte or the...
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