Polymorphism due to selection of varying direction (original) (raw)

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In a large random mating population segregating for a pair of allelomorphs with full dominance, the condition that neither allelomorph should disappear is that the arithmetic mean of the fitnesses of recessives in different generations should exceed unity, their geometric mean fall below it.

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1. Genetics and Biometry Laboratory, Government of Orissa, Bhubaneswar
   J. B. S. Haldane & S. D. Jayakar

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Haldane, J.B.S., Jayakar, S.D. Polymorphism due to selection of varying direction.J Genet 58, 237–242 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02986143

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• Issue Date: March 1963
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02986143

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