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Population genetics

selection that keeps more than one allele in a population, leaving signatures such as excess diversity at nearby linked sites.

In population genetics, balancing selection refers to selection that keeps more than one allele in a population, leaving signatures such as excess diversity at nearby linked sites. This meaning comes from Charlesworth (2006) in PLoS Genetics.[1]

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References

Charlesworth, D. (2006). Balancing Selection and Its Effects on Sequences in Nearby Genome Regions. PLoS Genetics, 2(4), e64. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0020064

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