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Fixation probability (Pfix​)

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The probability that an allele eventually occupies every copy at the specified genetic locus under a population model. For a rare favorable variant in a suitable large-population, small-effect branching approximation, Pfix​≈2s; inheritance, reproduction and competition assumptions matter.

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