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Population genetics

a measure of the hidden load of recessive harmful mutations per person, estimated from mortality among offspring of consanguineous unions.

In population genetics, lethal equivalents refers to a measure of the hidden load of recessive harmful mutations per person, estimated from mortality among offspring of consanguineous unions. This meaning comes from Morton (1956) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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Morton, N. E., Crow, J. F., & Muller, H. J. (1956). An Estimate of the Mutational Damage in Man from Data on Consanguineous Marriages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 42(11), 855-863. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.42.11.855

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