Deleterious mutations in a hybrid zone: Can mutational load decrease the barrier to gene flow?

Genetical Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-204

  Bierne, Nicolas ^a   Lenormand, Thomas ^b   Bonhomme, François ^a   David, Patrice ^b  

^a SMEL   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROSIS; HUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; REVIEW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC LOAD; HYBRID VIGOR; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0344407035     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001667230200592X     Document Type: Review

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