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genetic load
the sum total of death and defects caused by mutant alleles
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
Boveri was able to test the proposal put forward by Wilhelm Roux, that each chromosome carries a different genetic load, and showed that Roux was right.
This is sometimes referred to as genetic load, in this case it is a special kind of load known as segregational load.
 See also: Biology, Genetics, Human, Vision, Nucleotide
  
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