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[Endocyclic selection and stable polymorphism].

J M Goux
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If the period of time from zygotic to adult state is divided in successive intervals where the fitness of a particular genotype takes different values, a stable polymorphism can be maintained in the population, without any superiority of heterozygotes in any interval.

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J M Goux. 1978. [Endocyclic selection and stable polymorphism].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/417846/

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