Biochemical studies on the expression of overdominance at the phosphoglucomutase-2 locus in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg)
Numerous studies have documented significant associations between multiple-locus heterozygosity and fitness-related traits in natural populations, but the explanations for these patterns remain unknown. The objective of the present study was to examine the merits of the overdominance hypothesis as t...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29262 |