Why are heterozygotes often superior in fitness?

DOI10.1016/0040-5809(79)90040-6zbMath0399.92011OpenAlexW2015524116MaRDI QIDQ1254966

Lev R. Ginzburg

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-5809(79)90040-6

zbMATH Keywords

Allelic PolymorphismsHeterozygote Superiority in Fitness

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Genetics and epigenetics (92D10)

Related Items (4)

Multilocus population genetics: Relative importance of selection and recombination ⋮ The effect of variable environments on polymorphism at loci with several alleles. I. A symmetric model ⋮ Levels of multiallelic overdominance fitness, heterozygote excess and heterozygote deficiency ⋮ Heterozygote advantage and the maintenance of polymorphism for multilocus traits

Cites Work

• General two-locus selection models: Some objectives, results and interpretations

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