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. 2012 Jun 7;8(6):e1002740. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002740

Table 1. Symbol definitions.

Symbol Definition
Inline graphic Haploid population size
Inline graphic Genomic beneficial mutation rate
Inline graphic Total genetic map length
Inline graphic Selective advantage of beneficial mutations
Inline graphic Probability of fixation of a beneficial mutation
Inline graphic Genomic rate of fixation of beneficial mutations
Inline graphic Heritable variance in log fitness in the population
Inline graphic Values of Inline graphic and Inline graphic in the absence of interference
Inline graphic Expected time for a pair of neutral lineages to coalesce

The definitions of the main symbols used in the text. Inline graphic, Inline graphic, Inline graphic, Inline graphic, Inline graphic, and Inline graphic are population parameters, and Inline graphic, Inline graphic, Inline graphic, and Inline graphic are variables. In addition, we use Inline graphic to denote the expectation of a variable taken over a distribution of selective coefficients Inline graphic, and Inline graphic to denote the expectation over possible genetic backgrounds.