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A COMPUTER programme has been written by one of us (D. B.) to simulate the effects of selection on a six-locus genetic system. This programme, which is termed GS-D-1, has been written in Fortran IV to allow its general use on any computer of 32 K capacity which can interpret this language, for example, IBM 7040, 709. Runs of this programme have been used to test Mather's (1943) contention that stabilizing selection will lead to the evolution of balanced polygenic combinations in which repulsion, linkages are maximized. He stated that under such selection “an equilibrium will exist between selective increase and recombinant decrease of favoured types, and selective decrease and recombinant increase of deleterious types”.
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FRASER, A., MILLER, D. & BURNELL, D. Polygenic Balance. Nature 206, 114 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206114a0
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