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. 2005 Jun;170(2):495–507. doi: 10.1534/genetics.103.015198

TABLE 1.

Parameter definitions

Parameter Definition
Lock Identity of the mod function
Key Identity of the resc function
S Length of the lock and key sequences
n No. of possible states at each site of the lock
  and key sequences
MI and MImaxa Mod intensity: embryonic mortality in
  unidirectional CI
TE and TEmaxa Transmission efficiency
FE and FEmaxa Fitness effect: fecundity of infected females
  relative to uninfected
Mu Mutation rate
Ne Female host population size
a

Upper limits can be set to values <1 for MI, TE, and FE. The upper limits for these parameters are denoted MImax, TEmax, and FEmax, respectively.