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  • It was shown that most mutant genes are incompletely recessive (not «overdominant») and are acted upon by selection while heterozygous.

    Hermann J. Muller - Biography 1964

  • To find overdominant genes, the team developed a novel approach by turning to a vast tomato

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • To find overdominant genes, the team developed a novel approach by turning to a vast tomato

    Analysis 2010

  • To find such overdominant genes, the US-Israeli team developed a novel approach by turning to a vast tomato "mutant library" - a collection of 5000 plants, each of which has a single mutation in a single gene that causes defects in various aspects of tomato growth, such as fruit size, leaf shape, etc.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • To find such overdominant genes, the US-Israeli team developed a novel approach by turning to a vast tomato "mutant library" - a collection of 5000 plants, each of which has a single mutation in a single gene that causes defects in various aspects of tomato growth, such as fruit size, leaf shape, etc.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Our findings provide the first example of a single overdominant gene for yield and suggest that single heterozygous mutations may improve productivity in other agricultural organisms.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Uri Krieger 2010

  • Their greatest fear was of an overdominant woman, an image which, in their view, was supported by pseudo-scientific theories of women’s sexual appetites.

    Haskalah Attitudes Toward Women. 2009

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