Heterosis from local drift load is likely insufficient to favor reversions to outcrossing
Alexander Harkness, Emma E. Goldberg, Yaniv J Brandvain
The paper investigates whether outcrossing can evolve in selfing populations by examining if heterosis from population divergence is sufficient for a modifier allele promoting outcrossing to invade and fix.
bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology