D. Abu Awad

Conditions for maintaining and eroding pseudo-overdominance and its contribution to inbreeding depression

The paper uses simulations to show that pseudo-overdominance can sustain segregating load in inbred populations through tight linkage and strong selective effects, influencing mating systems evolution.

Weak seed banks influence the signature and detectability of selective sweeps

This study introduces a simulation tool to examine how weak seed banks affect the genomic signatures and detectability of selective sweeps in species with seed banking.

Hidden genetic variance contributes to increase the short-term adaptive potential of selfing populations

The paper shows selfing populations can maintain and remobilize genetic variance under stabilizing selection, enabling adaptation comparable to outcrossing populations when mutation rates are high.

Epistasis, inbreeding depression and the evolution of self-fertilization

This study examines how epistasis and inbreeding depression influence the evolution of self-fertilization by analyzing their effects on purging and selection strength.

Effects of partial selfing on the equilibrium genetic variance, mutation load and inbreeding depression under stabilizing selection

This study examines how partial selfing affects genetic variance, mutation load, and inbreeding depression under stabilizing selection across multiple quantitative traits.

Effects of demographic stochasticity and life-history strategies on times and probabilities to fixation: an individual-based model

The paper tests the harmonic mean population size hypothesis using an individual-based model, finding that the Wright-Fisher diffusion works well for neutral alleles but not for fixation times and probabilities in species with low reproductive rates.