Explore the concept of heterozygote advantage and its role in balancing selection affecting allele frequencies. The critical point I want to make is that while positive selection will usually tend to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Self-fertilization commonly occurs in hermaphroditic species, either occasionally or as the main reproductive mode. It strongly affects the ...

Instances in which natural selection maintains genetic variation in a population over millions of years are thought to be extremely rare. We conducted a genome-wide scan for long-lived balancing ...

A new study explores 'balancing selection' by analyzing thousands of modern human genomes alongside ancient hominin groups, such as Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes. The research has 'implications ...