Heterozygote advantage for fecundity.
Heterozygote advantage, or overdominance, remains a popular and persuasive explanation for the maintenance of genetic variation in natural populations in the face of selection. However, despite being first proposed more than 80 years ago, there remain few examples that fit the criteria for heterozyg...
Main Authors: | Neil J Gemmell, Jon Slate |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1762409?pdf=render |
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