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Selection in males purges the mutation load on female fitness

Theory predicts that the ability of selection and recombination to purge mutation load is enhanced if selection against deleterious genetic variants operates more strongly in males than females. However, direct empirical support for this tenet is limited, in part because traditional quantitative gen...

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Published in:Evol Lett
Main Authors: Grieshop, Karl, Maurizio, Paul L., Arnqvist, Göran, Berger, David
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8327962/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34367659
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evl3.239
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