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Evidence of long-term purging of mutation load in killer whale genomes
A. D. Foote, T. P. Gilbert, S. Gopalakrishnan…·L. A. Excoffier
The paper examines mutation load in killer whale genomes, finding that high latitude populations have fewer non-synonymous mutations, suggesting purging of recessive deleterious mutations.
DOI 10.1101/2021.08.21.457186