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Do slower movers have lower reproductive success and higher mutation load?

Deleterious mutations occur frequently in eukaryotes, resulting in individuals carrying multiple alleles that decrease their fitness. At a population level, if unchecked, accumulation of this mutation load can ultimately lead to extinction. How selection counters the accumulation of mutation load, l...

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Autores principales: Walsh, Carly B., McGuigan, Katrina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30564442
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evl3.87