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diminishing returns epistasis: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary genetics

a pattern in which beneficial mutations add less fitness the fitter the genetic background they arise in, slowing adaptation.

In evolutionary genetics, diminishing returns epistasis refers to a pattern in which beneficial mutations add less fitness the fitter the genetic background they arise in, slowing adaptation. This meaning comes from Chou (2011) in Science.[1]

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References

Chou, H., Chiu, H., Delaney, N. F., Segrè, D., & Marx, C. J. (2011). Diminishing Returns Epistasis Among Beneficial Mutations Decelerates Adaptation. Science, 332(6034), 1190-1192. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1203799

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