Table 1.
Model Variables and Parameters
| Description | |
|---|---|
| E0 | Baseline ectopic recombination rate (eq.Â5) |
| É | Fitness cost of ectopic recombination (eqs.Â2 and 5) |
| F | Fertility (eqs.Â2 and 4) |
| D | Maximum possible fertility cost caused by dysgenesis (eq.Â4) |
| Male fitness (eq.Â2) | |
| Female fitness (eq.Â2) | |
| N | Population size |
| n | Total number of TE insertions (eq.Â4) |
| na | Number of TE insertions in functional and neutral sites (eqs.Â1 and 5) |
| nm | Number of TE insertions in maternal genome (eq.Â6) |
| s | Effect of a TE insertion on viability (tableÂ2; eq.Â3) |
| R | Strength of small-RNA-mediated repression (eqs.Â1 and 4â6) |
| u | Transposition rate per genome per generation (eq.Â1) |
| Î | Transposition rate per element per generation (eq.Â1) |
| V | Viability (eqs.Â2 and 3) |