Is heterozygous advantage necessary for polymorphism in one-locus two-allele systems?

doi:10.1006/jtbi.1994.1022

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Is heterozygous advantage necessary for polymorphism in one-locus two-allele systems?

Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Feb 1994

Zhang D Y, Jiang X H

Abstract excerpt

This paper presents a model of density-dependent selection in a continuously reproducing diploid population with two alleles at one locus. Using differential equations, we assume that the fertility of a mating pair is determined exclusively by the female. Genotypic fitness is defined as the avera...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Fertility
Heterozygote
Mathematics
Models, Genetic
Mortality
Polymorphism, Genetic
Selection, Genetic

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