Genetic load has potential in large populations but is realized in small inbred populations
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DOI: 10.1111/eva.13216
Abstract: Populations with higher genetic diversity and larger effective sizes have greater evolutionary capacity (i.e., adaptive potential) to respond to ecological stressors. We are interested in how the variation captured in protein‐coding genes fluctuates relative to… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; deleterious mutations; populations realized; load ... See more keywords