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Heterozygosity Selection

Heterozygosity Selection is a population genetic model that differentially favors individuals with higher heterozygous genotypes at one or more loci, thereby maintaining genetic variation through fitness advantages associated with heterozygosity.

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2017–2026

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A theory of mate choice based on heterozygosity

Jerram L. Brown · Behavioral Ecology · 1997 · 409 citations · Full text

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‘Good genes as heterozygosity’: the major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in Atlantic salmon (<i>Salmo salar</i>)

Christian R. Landry, Dany Garant, Pierre Duchesne et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2001 · 372 citations · Full text

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A molecular approach to the study of genic heterozygosity in natural populations. 3. Direct evidence of coadaptation in gene arrangements of Drosophila.

S Prakash, Richard C Lewontin · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1968 · 159 citations · Full text

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Individual heterozygosity predicts translocation success in threatened desert tortoises

Peter Scott, Linda Allison, Kimberleigh J. Field et al. · Science · 2020 · 119 citations

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INBREEDING IN THE SEYCHELLES WARBLER: ENVIRONMENT-DEPENDENT MATERNAL EFFECTS

David S. Richardson, Jan Komdeur, Terry Burke · Evolution · 2004 · 117 citations

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Authors

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  1. TB
    Terry Burke

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 131 citations

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  2. DS
    David S. Richardson

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 131 citations

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  3. RS
    R. S. Rana

    Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, India

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  4. JK
    Jan Komdeur

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    2 publications · 131 citations

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  5. XL
    Xiaolong Li

    Nanjing Agricultural University, China

    1 publications · 46 citations

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Institutions

119

  1. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    162 citations

  2. University of East Anglia

    Norwich, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    131 citations

  3. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    131 citations

  4. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    302 citations

  5. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    109 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    23 citations

  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    74 citations

  8. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    131 citations

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  1. Heredity

    4 publications · 98 citations

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  2. Evolution

    4 publications · 200 citations

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  3. The American Naturalist

    AN · 3 publications · 72 citations

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  4. Behavioral Ecology

    3 publications · 537 citations

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  5. Molecular Ecology

    2 publications · 62 citations

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