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Does Muller's ratchet work with selfing?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

R. Heller  and
J. Maynard Smith
R. Heller
Affiliation:
Arbeitsgruppe für Verhaltensforschung, Abteilung für Biologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Postfach 10 21 48, 4630 Bochum 1, West Germany
J. Maynard Smith
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG
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The accumulation of deleterious mutations in a finite diploid selfing population is investigated. It is shown that the conditions for accumulation are very similar to those for the accumulation of mutations in an asexual population by ‘Muller's ratchet’. The ratchet is likely to operate in both types of population if there is a large class of slightly deleterious mutations.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , November 1978 , pp. 289 - 293
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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