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. 1983 Dec;105(4):1003–1010. doi: 10.1093/genetics/105.4.1003

On Some Models of Fertility Selection

Marcus W Feldman 1,2,3, Freddy B Christiansen 1,2,3, Uri Liberman 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC1202221  PMID: 17246176

Abstract

Additive, multiplicative and symmetric models of fertility controlled by one diallelic gene are studied. For the completely symmetric fertility system a complete equilibrium and local stability analysis is possible. Contrary to previous conjectures, asymmetric equilibria can be stable. Conditions are derived under which a multiplicative model can be regarded as equivalent to a symmetric fertility system.

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