Heterozygosity-fitness correlations: new perspectives on old problems.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2540.1998.00393.x

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Heterozygosity-fitness correlations: new perspectives on old problems.

Heredity - 1 May 1998

David P

Abstract excerpt

Heterozygosity-fitness correlations (HFC) have been studied in various organisms for more than two decades, but they are not universal. Although their detectability is limited by several factors (null alleles, inaccuracy of the phenotypic description of fitness, small sample sizes) the correlatio...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Heterozygote
Hybrid Vigor
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic

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