Adaptive evolution: the struggle for dominance.

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70318-5

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Adaptive evolution: the struggle for dominance.

Current biology : CB - 2 Jul 1998

Charlesworth B

Abstract excerpt

Although wild-type alleles are generally dominant over mutant alleles, recently established alleles for pesticide resistance are rarely recessive in combination with their progenitors. This seems to be caused by a combination of a 'selective sieve' favouring non-recessive mutations, and the bioch...

Topics

Alleles
Biological Evolution
Genes, Dominant
Genes, Recessive
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Selection, Genetic

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