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L. Thomson

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Early acting inbreeding depression can evolve as an inbreeding avoidance mechanism

Y. J. Brandvain, L. Thomson, T. Pyhajarvi

The paper shows that inbreeding depression can be adaptive when reproductive compensation allows replacement of inviable embryos, favoring self-sacrificial recessive variants.

bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Linked selection and the evolution of altruism in family-structured populations

L. Thomson, D. A. Priego Espinosa, Y. J. Brandvain, J. Van Cleve

This study investigates how linked selection affects the evolution of altruism in family-structured populations through population genetic simulations.

bioRxiv · May 15, 2022Evolutionary Biology