TY - JOUR
AU - Nei, Masatoshi
AB - ABSTRACT Mathematical theories of the population dynamics of sex-determining alleles in honey bees are developed. It is shown that in an infinitely large population the equilibrium frequency of a sex allele is l/n, where n is the number of alleles in the population, and the asymptotic rate of approach to this equilibrium is 2/(3n) per generation. Formulae for the distribution of allele frequencies and the effective and actual numbers of alleles that can be maintained in a finite population are derived by taking into account the population size and mutation rate. It is shown that the allele frequencies in a finite population may deviate considerably from l/n. Using these results, available data on the number of sex alleles in honey bee populations are discussed. It is also shown that the number of self-incompatibility alleles in plants can be studied in a much simpler way by the method used in this paper. A brief discussion about general overdominant selection is presented. This content is only available as a PDF. © Genetics 1979 This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model)
TI - POPULATION DYNAMICS OF SEX-DETERMINING ALLELES IN HONEY BEES AND SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY ALLELES IN PLANTS
JF - Genetics
DO - 10.1093/genetics/91.3.609
DA - 1979-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/population-dynamics-of-sex-determining-alleles-in-honey-bees-and-self-DltyofiEjy
SP - 609
EP - 626
VL - 91
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -