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. 2014 May 14;113(4):364–374. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2014.38

Table 1. Notation key.

Symbol Meaning
γG Effect of G allele at susceptibility locus
γg Effect of g allele at susceptibility locus
ϕF Effect of F allele at infectivity locus
ϕf Effect of f allele at infectivity locus
pg Frequency of the g allele for susceptibility
pf Frequency of the f allele for infectivity
Inline graphic Average individual susceptibility
Inline graphic Average individual infectivity
rγ Relatedness at susceptibility locus
rϕ Relatedness at infectivity locus
βij Pairwise transmission rate parameter between susceptible individual i and infective individual j
α Rate of recovery parameter
c Contact rate
R0 Basic reproduction ratio
Inline graphic Breeding value for R0 of individual i
Inline graphic Additive standard deviation in total breeding value
D Measure of linkage disequilibrium
FIS Measure of deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium