Population genetics: surviving under mutation pressure.

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Concern has been voiced about the survival of endangered species, and even the long-term prospects for humans, in the face of accumulating deleterious mutations. Two experiments have investigated the mutation accumulation process in laboratory Drosophila populations, with apparently conflicting results.

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