Inbreeding load in finite populations from dominant and overdominant mutations.

Abstract excerpt

Inbreeding depression is a widespread phenomenon that reflects the burden of deleterious effects hidden in heterozygosis in non-inbred populations but exposed in homozygosis in inbred individuals, known as inbreeding load (B). This load can be due to partially or fully recessive deleterious mutations (dominance model) or to heterozygote advantage (overdominance model, where both homozygotes are deleterious...

Topics

• Inbreeding
• Mutation
• Models, Genetic
• Computer Simulation
• Inbreeding Depression
• Animals
• Genes, Dominant