TABLE 1.
Proportions of infected and uninfected eggs and sperm
Gametes | Equation |
Infected eggs | |
Uninfected eggs | |
Infected sperm | |
Uninfected sperm |
Pi is the proportion of adults infected in generation i, which we assume to be equal for males and females. The virus is transmitted from mother to offspring at a rate t♀ and from father to offspring at rate t♂. We assume that both female and male fertility are changed by a factor C in infected flies relative to uninfected flies. We split the infected population in generation i into a fraction si that inherited the virus from their mother and a fraction (1 – si) that inherited the virus from their father. Male D. obscura that inherit the virus from their father do not transmit it to the next generation (i.e., they produce uninfected sperm). To obtain proportions, we divide by w♀, the sum of the numerators of I♀ and U♀, and w♂, the sum of the numerators of I♂ and U♂.