Kin Selection Is Implicated in Partial Sib-Mating Populations With Constant Viability Differences Before Mating From: Genetics | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: Lessard, Sabin | Copyright Genetics Society of America Sep 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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The change in the frequency of a rare mutant allele under constant sex-differentiated viability selection in an infinite, partial full-sib mating population is studied. The diplo-diploid and haplo-diploid polygynous models are considered with a Poisson distribution for the number of offspring produced by every mated female. Reproduction is followed by weak selection among the offspring and then mating to form the next generation. It is shown that the rate of change with respec...

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