The optimal mating distance resulting from heterosis and genetic incompatibility.
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SUBMITTER: Wei X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6221538 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
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The optimal mating distance resulting from heterosis and genetic incompatibility.
Science advances 20181107 11
Theory predicts that the fitness of an individual is maximized when the genetic distance between its parents (i.e., mating distance) is neither too small nor too large. However, decades of research have generally failed to validate this prediction or identify the optimal mating distance (OMD). Respectively analyzing large numbers of crosses of fungal, plant, and animal model organisms, we indeed find the hybrid phenotypic value a humped quadratic polynomial function of the mating distance for th ...[more]
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