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Haldane's sieve: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary genetics

the bias whereby dominant new beneficial mutations are more likely to fix than recessive ones, weakened when adaptation uses standing variation.

In evolutionary genetics, Haldane's sieve refers to the bias whereby dominant new beneficial mutations are more likely to fix than recessive ones, weakened when adaptation uses standing variation. This meaning comes from Orr (2001) in Genetics.[1]

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References

Orr, H. A., & Betancourt, A. J. (2001). Haldane's Sieve and Adaptation From the Standing Genetic Variation. Genetics, 157(2), 875-884. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/157.2.875

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