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The relationship between heterozygosity and the probability of monomorphism. is evaluated under several competing hypotheses. It is shown that such a relationship alone has very little discriminatory power in distinguishing between the alternative hypotheses unless the selection pressure is quite strong.
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Chakraborty, R., Yokoyama, S. Heterozygosity and monomorphism reconsidered. Heredity 41, 327–333 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1978.103
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