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AMPHIMIXIS [1 record]

Record 1 2003-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

Amphimixis can have a short-term advantage over apomixis if selection is used frequently and widely, so that every genotype often has a low fitness. Such selection causes high genetic variance due to frequent allele substitutions, and a high load even with amphimixis. Recombination in an amphimictic population is maintained only if selection is usually strong and effectively directional.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
OBS

Fécondation entre gamètes provenant de deux individus différents.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

Anfimixis. Reprodución sexual.

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