The existence of species rests on a metastable equilibrium between inbreeding and outbreeding. An essay on the close relationship between speciation, inbreeding and recessive mutations.

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Published in Biol Direct on December 09, 2011

Authors

Etienne Joly1

Author Affiliations

1: CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse, France. atnjoly@mac.com

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