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Expressions are found for the equilibrium between mutation and selection at autosomal and sex-linked loci, when the mutation rates and the relative fitnesses of mutants differ in the two sexes, and in the presence or absence of inbreeding. They have been found both when mutation precedes selection and when it follows it.
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Haldane, J.B.S., Jayakar, S.D. The equilibrium between mutation and selection in bisexual diploids. J Genet 61, 1–13 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984097
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