Heterozygote advantage

ID: heterozygote-advantage

Heterozygote advantage by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-10-20
A heterozygote has greater genotype fitness than either corresponding homozygote. In the deterministic random-mating two-allele viability-selection model this gives an attracting interior allele frequency, unlike the repelling interior frequency produced by underdominance.

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