Change of genetic architecture in response to sex.

doi:10.1093/genetics/143.1.203

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Change of genetic architecture in response to sex.

Genetics - 1 May 1996

Deng H W, Lynch M

Abstract excerpt

A traditional view is that sexual reproduction increases the potential for phenotypic evolution by expanding the range of genetic variation upon which natural selection can act. However, when nonadditive genetic effects and genetic disequilibria underlie a genetic system, genetic slippage (a chan...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Biological Evolution
Daphnia
Female
Fertilization
Genetic Variation
Life Tables
Linkage Disequilibrium
Male
Models, Genetic
Multivariate Analysis
Phenotype
Reproduction
Selection, Genetic

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