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Conservation biology

the buildup of harmful mutations at an expanding range front, where repeated founder events weaken selection against them.

In conservation biology, expansion load refers to the buildup of harmful mutations at an expanding range front, where repeated founder events weaken selection against them. This meaning comes from Peischl (2013) in Molecular Ecology.[1]

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References

Peischl, S., Dupanloup, I., Kirkpatrick, M., & Excoffier, L. (2013). On the accumulation of deleterious mutations during range expansions. Molecular Ecology, 22(24), 5972-5982. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12524

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