The effect of synergistic epistasis on the inbreeding load.

doi:10.1017/s0016672398003140

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The effect of synergistic epistasis on the inbreeding load.

Genetical research - 1 Feb 1998

Charlesworth B

Abstract excerpt

The magnitude of inbreeding depression in Drosophila melanogaster appears too large to be accounted for by mutational load with multiplicative fitness interactions among loci, if current estimates of mutation and selection parameters are valid. One possible explanation for this discrepancy is syn...

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Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Epistasis, Genetic
Inbreeding
Mutation
Selection, Genetic

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