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The greater a population’s genetic load, the less healthy the population is.
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Genetic load is the reduction in a population’s average fitness due to deleterious alleles (mutations, recessive harmful variants, etc.). A higher genetic load means more harmful alleles and thus lower average health and reproductive success in the population.
Genetic load is the reduction in a population’s average fitness due to deleterious alleles (mutations, recessive harmful variants, etc.). A higher genetic load means more harmful alleles and thus lower average health and reproductive success in the population.
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