Balancing selection refers to a number of selective processes by which multiple alleles (different versions of a gene) are actively maintained in the...

counteracted by negative selection, which acts to purge deleterious mutations. Setting aside other factors (e.g., balancing selection, and genetic drift),...

marketed under the title family balancing. According to the United Nations Population Fund, the reasons behind sex selection are due to three factors and...

polymorphism relates to a balance or equilibrium between morphs. The mechanisms that conserve it are types of balancing selection.[citation needed] Heterosis...

United States. Balancing selection may act upon ospC or a nearby sequence to maintain the genetic variety of B. burgdorferi. Balancing selection is the process...

years or exists as a selective by-product. The balancing selection hypothesis suggests that balancing selection, an evolutionary mechanism, has allowed for...

becomes more common. This is an example of balancing selection. More generally, frequency-dependent selection includes when biological interactions make...

Balancing selection Directional selection Disruptive selection Dysgenics Fluctuating selection Genetic purging Koinophilia Mutation–selection balance...

bimodal distribution of trait values. Finally, balancing selection can occur through frequency-dependent selection, where the fitness of one particular phenotype...

identity (especially for arthropods), sexually antagonistic selection, balancing selection, practice of behaviors needed for reproduction, expression of...

develop when there are few key prey species. However, recently, balancing selection has been indicated to better explain the maintenance of adaptive...

models. New Balance claims to differentiate its products with technical features, such as blended gel inserts, heel counters and a greater selection of sizes...

evolving under a non-random process, including directional selection or balancing selection, demographic expansion or contraction, genetic hitchhiking...

Yala, Narathiwat, Phatthalung, Trang, and Satun. Among the Maniq, balancing selection has been identified in genes relating to olfactory receptors and...

Beck, Jonathan A.; Poulter, Mark; Campbell, Tracy; et al. (2003). "Balancing selection at the prion protein gene consistent with prehistoric kurulike epidemics"...

balance their strength and their weight. Ambidirectional dominance Assortative mating Balancing selection Directional selection Disruptive selection Frequency-dependent...

gene remains in two species, likely due to strong pathogen-mediated balancing selection by pathogens that can infect both species. Birth-and-death evolution...

which was derived in 1991. The HKA test is best used to look for balancing selection, recent selective sweeps or other variation-reducing forces. Neutral...

Disruptive selection. Character displacement Balancing selection Directional selection Negative selection (natural selection) Stabilizing selection Sympatric...

genome Balancing selection Disruptive selection Frequency-dependent foraging by pollinators Negative selection (natural selection) Stabilizing selection Peppered...

HLA-B HLA-DRB1 loci alone. Some polymorphism may be maintained by balancing selection. A rule of thumb that is sometimes used is to classify genetic variants...

Load balancing can optimize response time and avoid unevenly overloading some compute nodes while other compute nodes are left idle. Load balancing is the...

biologists for explanation. Most posit balancing selection (see polymorphism (biology)), which is any natural selection process whereby no single allele is...

alleles to approach fixation. Disassortative mating may result in balancing selection and the maintenance of high genetic variation in the population....

sequences from those evolving non-randomly (through directional selection or balancing selection, demographic expansion or contraction or genetic hitchhiking)...

Shu-sheng; Peng, Jian-guo; Zhang, Ya-ping (2013-02-12). "Signature of Balancing Selection at the MC1R Gene in Kunming Dog Populations". PLOS ONE. 8 (2): e55469...

disequilibrium and are maintained at intermediate frequencies through balancing selection. There are two common SNVs in ERAP2 that facilitate the alternative...

conservative estimates of divergent selection when QST is high, and inconclusive results of balancing selection when QST is low. Additionally, population...

time 2.4±.4 Mya not explainable by balancing selection. The V lineage shows evidence of recent positive selection. The lineage pattern may be the result...

Unckless RL, Howick VM, Lazzaro BP (January 2016). "Convergent Balancing Selection on an Antimicrobial Peptide in Drosophila". Current Biology. 26 (2):...