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The existence of species rests on a metastable equilibrium between inbreeding and outbreeding. An essay on the close relationship between speciation, inbreeding and recessive mutations

Etienne Joly

CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), 205 route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse, France

Université de Toulouse; UPS; IPBS; F-31077 Toulouse, France

Biology Direct 2011, 6:62 doi:10.1186/1745-6150-6-62

Published: 9 December 2011

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