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Estimates of genetic load in small populations suggest extensive purging of deleterious alleles
View ORCID ProfileTom van der Valk, Marc de Manuel, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Katerina Guschanski
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/696831
Tom van der Valk
1Department of Ecology and Genetics, Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
Marc de Manuel
2Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), PRBB, Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Tomas Marques-Bonet
2Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), PRBB, Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
3Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig de Lluís Companys, 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain
4CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri i Reixac 4, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
5Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICTA-ICP, c/ Columnes s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
Katerina Guschanski
1Department of Ecology and Genetics, Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36, Uppsala, Sweden

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Posted July 09, 2019.
Estimates of genetic load in small populations suggest extensive purging of deleterious alleles
Tom van der Valk, Marc de Manuel, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Katerina Guschanski
bioRxiv 696831; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/696831
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