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Definitions for "BALANCING SELECTION"
Keywords:  heterozygote, overdominance, allele, polymorphism, selection
Related Terms: Balanced polymorphism, Hardy-weinberg equilibrium, Hardy-weinberg law, Fixation, Overdominance, Heterozygosity, Codominance, Allele frequency, Recessive trait, Congenic, Dominant, Recessive, Incomplete dominance, Dominance, Heterozygous, Dominant trait, Recessive allele, Dominant allele, Mendelian, Selection, Test cross, Homozygous, Complex trait, Heterozygote, Dihybrid cross, Homozygosity, Monohybrid, Testcross, Mendelian inheritance, Genetic heterogeneity, Codominant, Stabilizing selection, Hybrid vigor, Trait, Phenocopy, Assortative mating, Phenotype, Inbred strain, Recessive gene, Monohybrid cross, Heterosis, Phenotypic, Autosomal recessive, Dihybrid, Alleles, Homozygote, Dominant gene, Punnett square, Autosomal dominant, Strain
Selection that favours more than one allele, for example, through heterozygote advantage, and so maintains polymorphism.
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A selection regime that results in the maintenance of two or more alleles at a locus in a population (e.g., overdominance).
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selection that favors heterozygotes
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