Theoretical Population Biology

2008 - 2025

Current editor(s): Jeremy Van Cleve

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Volume 163, issue C, 2025

A mathematical framework for time-variant multi-state kinship modelling pp. 1-12

Joe W.B. Butterick, Peter W.F. Smith, Jakub Bijak and Jason Hilton

The Patterson-Price-Reich's rule of population structure analysis from genetic marker data pp. 13-23

Jinliang Wang

Importance of environmental productivity and diet quality in intraguild predation pp. 24-35

Toshiyuki Namba, Yasuhiro Takeuchi and Malay Banerjee

Spatial evolutionary public goods game theory applied to optimal resource allocation and defense strategies in herbaceous plants pp. 36-49

Molly Creagar, Richard Rebarber and Brigitte Tenhumberg

Exact calculation of the expected SFS in structured populations pp. 50-61

Armando Arredondo, Corujo, Josué, Noûs, Camille, Simon Boitard, Chikhi, Lounès and Olivier Mazet

A matrix-analytical sampling formula for time-homogeneous coalescent processes under the infinite sites mutation model pp. 62-79

Asger Hobolth, Simon Boitard, Andreas Futschik and Raphael Leblois

Eco-evolutionary dynamics of anthelmintic resistance in soil-transmitted helminths pp. 80-90

Swati Patel, Kelsey Lyberger, Carolin Vegvari and Hayriye Gulbudak

Connectivity, conservation and catch: Understanding the effects of dispersal between harvested and protected patches pp. 91-105

Femke N. Reurik, Juan Segura and Frank M. Hilker

Volume 162, issue C, 2025

Catching a wave: On the suitability of traveling-wave solutions in epidemiological modeling pp. 1-12

Langmüller, Anna M., Joachim Hermisson, Courtney C. Murdock and Philipp W. Messer

Species coexistence as an emergent effect of interacting mechanisms pp. 13-21

Thomas Seidelmann and Sanaz Mostaghim

The central limit theorem for the number of mutations in the genealogy of a sample from a large population pp. 22-28

Yun-Xin Fu

Volume 161, issue C, 2025

A stochastic field theory for the evolution of quantitative traits in finite populations pp. 1-12

Ananda Shikhara Bhat

Selection for altruistic defense in structured populations pp. 13-24

Felix Jordan, Martin Hutzenthaler and Dirk Metzler

Stochastic offspring distributions amplify selection bias in mutation accumulation experiments pp. 25-33

Mojgan Ezadian and Lindi M. Wahl

Effect of competition on emergent phases and phase transitions in competitive systems pp. 34-41

Shikun Wang, Yuanshi Wang and Hong Wu

The impact of simultaneous infections on phage-host ecology pp. 42-49

Jaye Sudweeks and Christoph Hauert

Volume 160, issue C, 2024

Patterns of spawning and settlement of reef fishes as strategic responses to post-settlement competition pp. 1-13

Erik G. Noonburg, Suzanne H. Alonzo, Craig W. Osenberg, Stephen E. Swearer and Jeffrey S. Shima

A simple model and rules for the evolution of microbial mutualistic symbiosis with positive fitness feedbacks pp. 14-24

Sosuke Iwai

Sharp habitat shifts, evolutionary tipping points and rescue: Quantifying the perilous path of a specialist species towards a refugium in a changing environment pp. 25-48

Dekens, Léonard

An almost infinite sites model pp. 49-61

Alejandra Avalos-Pacheco, Cronjäger, Mathias C., Paul A. Jenkins and Jotun Hein

Aggregation unveiled: A sequential modelling approach to bark beetle outbreaks pp. 62-69

Mahdi Salehzadeh, John M. Stockie and Ailene MacPherson

Volume 159, issue C, 2024

Mean-field interacting multi-type birth–death processes with a view to applications in phylodynamics pp. 1-12

William S. DeWitt, Steven N. Evans, Ella Hiesmayr and Sebastian Hummel

A Wright–Fisher graph model and the impact of directional selection on genetic variation pp. 13-24

Ingemar Kaj, Carina F. Mugal and Müller-Widmann, Rebekka

One hundred years of influenza A evolution pp. 25-34

Bjarke Frost Nielsen, Christian Berrig, Bryan T. Grenfell and Viggo Andreasen

Spatial invasion of cooperative parasites pp. 35-58

Vianney Brouard, Cornelia Pokalyuk, Marco Seiler and Hung Tran

Duality and the well-posedness of a martingale problem pp. 59-73

Andrej Depperschmidt, Andreas Greven and Peter Pfaffelhuber

Joint identity among loci under mutation and regular inbreeding pp. 74-90

Marcy K. Uyenoyama

The ancestral selection graph for a Λ-asymmetric Moran model pp. 91-107

González Casanova, Adrián, Noemi Kurt and Pérez, José Luis

Demographic inference for spatially heterogeneous populations using long shared haplotypes pp. 108-124

Forien, Raphaël, Harald Ringbauer and Graham Coop

Volume 158, issue C, 2024

Latent mutations in the ancestries of alleles under selection pp. 1-20

Fan, Wai-Tong (Louis) and John Wakeley

Polygenic dynamics underlying the response of quantitative traits to directional selection pp. 21-59

Götsch, Hannah and Bürger, Reinhard

The mutation process on the ancestral line under selection pp. 60-75

E. Baake, F. Cordero and E. Di Gaspero

The grapheme-valued Wright–Fisher diffusion with mutation pp. 76-88

Andreas Greven, Frank den Hollander, Anton Klimovsky and Anita Winter

Neutral diversity in experimental metapopulations pp. 89-108

Guilhem Doulcier and Amaury Lambert

Persistence in repeated games encourages the evolution of spite pp. 109-120

Shun Kurokawa

Muller’s ratchet in a near-critical regime: Tournament versus fitness proportional selection pp. 121-138

J.L. Igelbrink, González Casanova, A., C. Smadi and A. Wakolbinger

On the connections between the spatial Lambda–Fleming–Viot model and other processes for analysing geo-referenced genetic data pp. 139-149

Johannes Wirtz and Guindon, Stéphane

The coalescent in finite populations with arbitrary, fixed structure pp. 150-169

Benjamin Allen and Alex McAvoy

Stochastic viability in an island model with partial dispersal: Approximation by a diffusion process in the limit of a large number of islands pp. 170-184

Dhaker Kroumi and Sabin Lessard

Host control and species interactions jointly determine microbiome community structure pp. 185-194

Eeman Abbasi and Akçay, Erol

Temporal variability can promote migration between habitats pp. 195-205

Harman Jaggi, David Steinsaltz and Shripad Tuljapurkar

Unifying quantification methods for sexual selection and assortative mating using information theory pp. 206-215

Carvajal-Rodríguez, A.

Volume 157, issue C, 2024

Evolution of delayed dispersal with group size effect and population dynamics pp. 1-13

Flatrès, Alan and Geoff Wild

Phase-type distributions in mathematical population genetics: An emerging framework pp. 14-32

Asger Hobolth, Rivas-González, Iker, Mogens Bladt and Andreas Futschik

Interconnection between density-regulation and stability in competitive ecological network pp. 33-46

Amit Samadder, Arnab Chattopadhyay, Anurag Sau and Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

Mathematical model of rabies vaccination in the United States pp. 47-54

Annalise Hassan, Zoe A. Tapp, Dan K. Tran, Rychtář, Jan and Dewey Taylor

The expected sample allele frequencies from populations of changing size via orthogonal polynomials pp. 55-85

Lynette Caitlin Mikula and Claus Vogl

Beyond fitness: The information imparted in population states by selection throughout lifecycles pp. 86-117

Eric Smith

Indirect interaction between an endemic and an invading pathogen: A case study of Plasmodium and Usutu virus dynamics in a shared bird host population pp. 118-128

Afonso Dimas Martins, Mick Roberts, Quirine ten Bosch and Hans Heesterbeek

Limits to selection on standing variation in an asexual population pp. 129-137

Nick Barton and Himani Sachdeva