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On the potential for genetic variability in haplo-diploidy

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Some theory pertaining to the genetic variability of haplo-diploid species is examined. Genetic variability due to wholly deleterious alleles is reduced in haplo-diploid species compared with species with both sexes diploid, but a random numbers experiment suggests that there is no a priori reason to believe haplo-diploidy reduces the likelihood of balanced polymorphism.

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  1. R. H. Crozier

    Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A., 30601

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  1. Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.

    R. H. Crozier

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.

    R. H. Crozier

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Crozier, R.H. On the potential for genetic variability in haplo-diploidy. Genetica 41, 551–556 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00958934

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