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Genetic Load

Genetic Load is the reduction in a population's mean fitness relative to the fitness of an optimal genotype, resulting from the presence of deleterious alleles, segregational load, or other genetic factors that diminish adaptive potential.

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THE MUTATIONAL LOAD WITH EPISTATIC GENE INTERACTIONS IN FITNESS

Takeo Maruyama · Genetics · 1966 · 526 citations

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Effects of a change in the level of inbreeding on the genetic load

Spencer C. H. Barrett, Deborah Charlesworth · Nature · 1991 · 477 citations

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The Genetic Cost of Neanderthal Introgression

Kelley Harris, Rasmus Nielsen · Genetics · 2016 · 451 citations · Full text

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THE MUTATION LOAD IN SMALL POPULATIONS

Takeo Maruyama, James F. Crow · Genetics · 1963 · 401 citations

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On the evolutionary adjustment of spontaneous mutation rates

Genetics Research · 1967 · 362 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. BC
    Brian Charlesworth

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 762 citations

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  2. AF
    Aneil F. Agrawal

    University of Toronto, Canada

    5 publications · 488 citations

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  3. JF
    James F. Crow

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    5 publications · 512 citations

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  4. NB
    Nick Barton

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 315 citations

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  5. TD
    Th. Dobzhansky

    Columbia University, United States

    4 publications · 166 citations

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Institutions

256

  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    732 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. National Institute of Genetics

    Mishima, Japan

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    583 citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    2.1K citations

  7. Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    1.4K citations

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  1. Genetics

    36 publications · 2.9K citations

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  2. Evolution

    22 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. The American Naturalist

    AN · 12 publications · 910 citations

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  4. Genetics Research

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Heredity

    5 publications · 209 citations

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