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Genetic variation and random drift in autotetraploid populations.
Genetics - 1 Jun 1993
Moody M E, Mueller L D, Soltis D E
Abstract excerpt
The rate of decay of genetic variation is determined for randomly mating autotetraploid populations of finite size, and the equilibrium homozygosity under mutation and random drift is calculated. It is shown that heterozygosity is lost at a slower rate than in diploid populations, and that the equilibrium heterozygosity with mutation and random drift is higher than for diploids. Outcrossing populations as well as...
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