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... determination was poorly canalized (see below). However, one way that the Y gene could be selectively favored is if it were tightly linked to a second gene favored by natural selection. I will refer to this situation as the linkage case. Consider the same initial conditions as previously stated for ...
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... Figure 2: Inheritance patterns of unlinked and linked genes are shown. In (a), two genes are located on dierent chromosomes so independent assortment occurs during meiosis. The ospring have an equal chance of being the parental type (inheriting the same combination of traits as the parents) or a n ...
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Chromosomal Theory and Genetic Linkage

... Figure 2: Inheritance patterns of unlinked and linked genes are shown. In (a), two genes are located on dierent chromosomes so independent assortment occurs during meiosis. The ospring have an equal chance of being the parental type (inheriting the same combination of traits as the parents) or a n ...
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The evolution of mutual ornamentation
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... (Price 1996). Combining these results with estimates for heritability, Price (1996) was able to show that the genetic correlation between the sexes creates a genetic load that prevents both sexes from evolving towards their separate selective optima. Given the lack of further quantitative genetic st ...
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Evolution, revolution and heresy in the genetics of infectious disease

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... taking a selected genotype—through interaction with other parts of the organism, and with the environment, via the expression of multiple genes—to a phenotypic trait for which it was selected. By contrast, DNA replication is the basis of representation transmission (from one collection of zygotic DN ...
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... genes/gene families, most of which are exclusively expressed in testises (Kuroda-Kawaguchi et al., 2001; Tilford et al., 2001, Scaletsky et al., 2003). An overlap of 1.5Mb between distal AZFb and proximal AZFc was also demonstrated (Repping et al., 2002). Ampliconic sequences make up almost all of t ...
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... Between individuals sharing a (relatively recent) ancestor. One of the consequences is an increase in the frequency of homozygotes in the population. Recessive harmful genes will then manifest themselves, such as developmental and morphological effects, and reduced viability and fertility. This redu ...
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... Between-year fluctuation in selection on personality traits in the great tits is similar to results from other studies on other types of traits (Merilä et al., 2001). This result indicates that selection studies should be performed on the long-term if we want to understand both the immediate consequ ...
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Polymorphism (biology)



Polymorphism in biology is said to occur when two or more clearly different phenotypes exist in the same population of a species—in other words, the occurrence of more than one form or morph. In order to be classified as such, morphs must occupy the same habitat at the same time and belong to a panmictic population (one with random mating).Polymorphism as described here involves morphs of the phenotype. The term is also used somewhat differently by molecular biologists to describe certain point mutations in the genotype, such as SNPs (see also RFLPs). This usage is not discussed in this article.Polymorphism is common in nature; it is related to biodiversity, genetic variation and adaptation; it usually functions to retain variety of form in a population living in a varied environment. The most common example is sexual dimorphism, which occurs in many organisms. Other examples are mimetic forms of butterflies (see mimicry), and human hemoglobin and blood types.According to the theory of evolution, polymorphism results from evolutionary processes, as does any aspect of a species. It is heritable and is modified by natural selection. In polyphenism, an individual's genetic make-up allows for different morphs, and the switch mechanism that determines which morph is shown is environmental. In genetic polymorphism, the genetic make-up determines the morph. Ants exhibit both types in a single population.Polymorphism also refers to the occurrence of structurally and functionally more than two different types of individuals, called zooids within the same organism. It is a characteristic feature of Cnidarians.For example, in Obelia there are feeding individuals, the gastrozooids; the individuals capable of asexual reproduction only, the gonozooids, blastostyles and free-living or sexually reproducing individuals, the medusae.
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