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Rapid fixation of deleterious alleles can be caused by Muller's ratchet.

Genetical research - 1 Aug 1997

Charlesworth B, Charlesworth D

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Theoretical arguments are presented which suggest that each advance of Muller's ratchet in a haploid asexual population causes the fixation of a deleterious mutation at a single locus. A similar process operates in a diploid, fully asexual population under a wide range of parameter values, with respect to fixation within one of the two haploid genomes. Fixations of deleterious mutations in asexual species can...

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PMID: 9369098
DOI: 10.1017/s0016672397002899

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