Sexual and natural selection in a continuous time model

Jorge González-Guzmán

Ecological Modelling, 2008, vol. 214, issue 1, 17-25

Abstract: We call sexual selection the selection attributable only to the mating system, to distinguish it from other forms of selection (i.e. viability or fertility) which we call natural selection. We introduce a new continuous time model of sexual selection and we explore its relationship with natural selection. This model is an extension of the model proposed by Hoppensteadt [Hoppensteadt, F., 1977. Mathematical Theories of Populations: Demographics, Genetics and Epidemics. SIAM] and considers the three genotypes determined by two alleles in a locus, each with its own mortality and fertility rates, and the respective mating preferences.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.01.019

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