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<term>
  <id>15127</id>
  <title>Wahlund effect</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - Wahlund effect</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.15127</doi>
  <code>15127</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <definitions>
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      <id>1</id>
      <text>Net deficit of heterozygotes when two populations, each in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium but with different allele frequencies, are mixed and the genotype frequencies quantified in a combined population sample.</text>
      <links>
        <item>
          <term>Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14731</url>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>population</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14932</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 962 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)</item>
      </sources>
    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'Wahlund effect' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.15127</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-04-27T17:45:48+00:00</accessed>
</term>
