Study on a Brazilian isolate. II. Opportunity for selection.
The opportunity for selection, measured by prereproductive mortality and fertility, was calculated for a small and relatively isolated Brazilian population. The total index of selection opportunity (0.53) was low in comparison to those obtained for other isolated populations. The contribution of prereproductive mortality (Im = 0.28) was 40% higher than that of fertility (If = 0.20).
Magalhães
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Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Arce-Gomez
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D001938:Brazil; D005298:Fertility; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D012641:Selection, Genetic