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Protected polymorphism
In population genetics, a protected polymorphism is a mechanism that maintains multiple alleles at a certain locus. In detail, any of the several alleles will follow certain dynamics; When a certain allele is high in frequency (p \to 1), it will decrease in frequency in the future and by that avoid from being fixated in the population. On the contrary, when a given allele is low in frequency (p \to 0) it will increase in frequency in the future, avoiding its extinction and maintaining polymorphism at the locus.
Article summary
In population genetics, a protected polymorphism is a mechanism that maintains multiple alleles at a certain locus. In detail, any of the several alleles will follow certain dynamics; When a certain allele is high in frequency (p \to 1), it will decrease in frequency in the future and by that avoid from being fixated in the population. On the contrary, when a given allele is low in frequency (p \to 0) it will increase in frequency in the future, avoiding its extinction and maintaining polymorphism at the locus.
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