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Genetic Load

"Genetic Load" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The relative amount by which the average fitness of a POPULATION is lowered, due to the presence of GENES that decrease survival, compared to the GENOTYPE with maximum or optimal fitness. (From Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed)


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Bar chart showing 6 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2003 and 2012 and 2016 and 2017 and 2018 and 2021
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