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Genetic Load

Known as: Load, Genetic 
The relative amount by which the average fitness of a POPULATION is lowered, due to the presence of GENES that decrease survival, compared to the… 
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2012
2012
Is there a higher genetic load of susceptibility loci in familial ankylosing spondylitis?
Several genetic risk variants for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have been identified in genome‐wide association studies. Our… 
2006
2006
Detection and quantitative pathogenesis study of classical swine fever virus using a real time RT-PCR assay.
2004
2004
Genetic load and coadaptation of chromosomal inversions. II. O-chromosomes in Drosophila subobscura populations.
We have analysed the inversion polymorphism and genetic load of O-chromosomes in three populations of D. subobscura from… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Genetic testing for deafness--GJB2 and SLC26A4 as causes of deafness.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
GJB2 mutations in Iranians with autosomal recessive non‐syndromic sensorineural hearing loss
Hereditary hearing loss (HHL) is an extremely common disorder. About 70% of HHL is non‐syndromic, with autosomal recessive forms… 
1984
1984
Familial incidence of congenital anorectal anomalies.
1978
1978
Inbreeding effects: Evidence for a genetic system which regulates viability in Drosophila melanogaster populations
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1977
Highly Cited
1977
Genetic Load and Viability Distribution in Central and Marginal Populations of DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA.
Relative viabilities of individuals homozygous or randomly heterozygous for wild O chromosomes derived from a marginal (Norwegian… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Measurement of fitness at the esterase-5 locus in Drosophila pseudoobscura.
KNOWLEDGE of the amount of genic variation in natural populations is the first step towards understanding how such variation is… 
Review
1961
Review
1961
The genetic load in the second chromosomes of some populations of Drosophila melanogaster in Egypt.
INCE the pioneering work of CHETVERIKOV (1927), species of the genus Drosophila, and particularly Drosophila melanogaster, have… 
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