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Balanced lethal systems (genetics) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Great diagram

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ah this actually cleared things up for me. Yellow coat is probably more evolutionary beneficial, and then even if a quarter of the young die its no big deal, just lay more eggs or whatever.