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mutation load: a standalone construct

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Evolutionary genetics

the reduction in mean population fitness caused by deleterious mutations kept at mutation-selection balance.

In evolutionary genetics, mutation load refers to the reduction in mean population fitness caused by deleterious mutations kept at mutation-selection balance. This meaning comes from Agrawal (2012) in Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics.[1]

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References

  1. Agrawal, A. F., & Whitlock, M. C. (2012). Mutation Load: The Fitness of Individuals in Populations Where Deleterious Alleles Are Abundant. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 43(1), 115-135. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110411-160257

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