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Wahlund effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A reduction of heterozygosity in a population caused by subpopulation structure.

Word forms

Wahlund effect Wahlund effects

Etymology

Named after Swedish geneticist Sten Wahlund who described the effect in 1928.

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