Table 1.
Parameter | Definition |
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N | Number of individuals in the population |
Z | Probability to reproduce by self-fertilization |
w | Fitness of an individual |
n | Number of TE copies in the genome |
s i | Effect of insertion i on fitness |
μ s | Average effect of TE insertions on fitness |
σ s | Standard deviation of the effect on fitness |
Ps > 0 | Proportion of TE insertions that improve the fitness |
u | Replicative transposition rate |
v | Deletion rate |
a i | Activity of a copy i (ability to produce the transposition machinery) |
m | Mutation rate (toward a less active copy) |
σ m | Standard deviation of the effect of a mutation on activity |