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mutation-selection balance: a standalone construct

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Genetics

the steady frequency a harmful variant reaches where new mutation exactly offsets its removal by selection.

In genetics, mutation-selection balance refers to the steady frequency a harmful variant reaches where new mutation exactly offsets its removal by selection. This meaning comes from Haldane (1937) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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References

Haldane, J. B. S. (1937). The Effect of Variation of Fitness. The American Naturalist, 71(735), 337-349. https://doi.org/10.1086/280722

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