Two-locus drift with sex chromosomes: the partitioning and conversion of variance in subdivided populations.

doi:10.1006/tpbi.1995.1021

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Two-locus drift with sex chromosomes: the partitioning and conversion of variance in subdivided populations.

Theoretical population biology - 1 Aug 1995

Whitlock M C

Abstract excerpt

A set of two-locus descent measures are derived for loci on sex-linked and autosomal loci, with a population structure which includes finite population size, migration, and extinction and recolonization. Two-locus descent measures which involve sex chromosomes increase much faster with inbreeding...

Topics

Animals
Diploidy
Epistasis, Genetic
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Variation
Haploidy
Inbreeding
Male
Models, Genetic
Selection, Genetic
Sex Chromosomes

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