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Some simple systems of artificial selection

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Expressions are given for the effect of selection in a population in which variation is due to a pair of genes at one locus, and the fraction culled in each generation is constant.

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    J. B. S. Haldane

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Haldane, J.B.S. Some simple systems of artificial selection. J Genet 57, 345–350 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987240

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