Background selection
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The term background selection refers to the reduction in genetic variation that occurs in the genomic area surrounding a gene that repeatedly mutates to a bad version.
[edit] References
- Charlesworth, B., Morgan, M. T. and Charlesworth, D. 1993. The effect of deleterious mutations on neutral molecular variation. Genetics 134, 1289-1303.
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