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SUBMITTER: LaBar T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5647343 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
LaBar Thomas T Adami Christoph C
Nature communications 20171018 1
Most mutations are deleterious and cause a reduction in population fitness known as the mutational load. In small populations, weakened selection against slightly-deleterious mutations results in an additional fitness reduction. Many studies have established that populations can evolve a reduced mutational load by evolving mutational robustness, but it is uncertain whether small populations can evolve a reduced susceptibility to drift-related fitness declines. Here, using mathematical modeling a ...[more]