genetic load
noun
: the decrease in fitness of the average individual in a population relative to the fittest genotype due to the presence of deleterious genes in the gene pool
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In the proximate sense this purging of the genetic load occurs through human misery.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2010
For example, how much of the Sub-Saharan genetic load in modern Egyptians is post-Roman, and how much pre-Roman?
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2011
In fact with plants selfing lineages achieve just this state of mutational perfection by exposing their recessive alleles and purging their genetic load (this seems less attainable with complex animals).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2010
For example, how much of the Sub-Saharan genetic load in modern Egyptians is post-Roman, and how much pre-Roman?
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2011
In fact with plants selfing lineages achieve just this state of mutational perfection by exposing their recessive alleles and purging their genetic load (this seems less attainable with complex animals).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
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