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. 2008 May 30;4(5):e1000082. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000082

Table 1. The finesses of the karyotypes under different forms of selection.

Karyotype fitness
Male Female
B C D E H I J K
Sexually antagonistic selection 1−sm 1−sm dm 1−sm 1 1 1−sf df 1−sf df 1−sf
Heterozygote disadvantage 1 1 1 1 1−sh 1−sh 1 1
Dosage compensation 1 1−0.5sd 1−0.5sd 1−0.5sd 1−0.5sd 1 1−0.5sd 1−sd
Sex chromosome coadaptation 1 1−0.5sc 1−sc 1−sc 1−0.5sc 1−0.5sc 1−0.5sc 1−sc

If more than one form of selection was acting, the values in the corresponding columns were multiplied. The forms of section shown in Figure 4 correspond to the following:

w♂ (AU·)<1≡sm = 0.1, sf = 0, dm = 1; w♀(Y·)<1≡sm = 0.1, sf = 0, dm = 1; w♀(FU)<1≡sh = 0.1.