Wahlund effect
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title:
Wahlund effect
text:
In population genetics, the Wahlund effect is a reduction of heterozygosity in a population caused by subpopulation structure. Namely, if two or more subpopulations are in a Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium but have different allele frequencies, the overall heterozygosity is reduced compared to if the whole population was in equilibrium. The underlying causes of this population subdivision could be geographic barriers to gene flow followed by genetic drift in the subpopulations. The Wahlund effect was
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Effect in population genetics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahlund_effect
date created:
2005-02-25T18:04:36Z
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2024-09-06T22:53:10Z
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