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Adaptive Evolution of LoF Mutations.
LoF mutations can be neutral, deleterious, or advantageous. Deleterious LoF mutations are usually present at low allele frequencies in natural populations due to purifying selection. Neutral or beneficial LoF mutations can be tolerated or may accumulate during range expansion, and beneficial LoF mutations may be fixed by positive selection.
