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Fluctuations in demographic structure of a population with overlapping generations can induce gene frequency changes in polymorphic systems, even if there are no specific relations between genotypic differences and environmental agents which cause demographic changes. The possible relevance of this finding to gene frequency changes in natural populations is discussed.
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