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Though by definition these loss-of-function variants don't kill you, in general there is the assumption that this class of mutants does exhibit some fitness drag (e.g., the fitness of a heterozygote for a variant which is lethal as a homozygote genotype may be ~0.90).
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2012
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2012
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“Heterozygote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heterozygote. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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heterozygote
noun
het·ero·zy·gote
ˌhet-ə-rō-ˈzī-ˌgōt 
: a heterozygous individual
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