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. 2020 Jun 18;215(4):1133–1142. doi: 10.1534/genetics.120.303119

Table 2. Notation for the diploid model with two sexes.

Notation Definition
M1 Number of newborns (of both sexes) per-year
γM,γF Proportion of male and female newborns
GF, GM Expected generation times in females and males
GX=13GM+23GF, GA=12GM+12GF Expected generation times for X and autosomes
WF,WM Expected endogenous reproductive success factors in males and females
WX=13WM+23WF, WA=12WM+12WF Expected endogenous reproductive success factors for X and autosomes
MF,MA Effective sizes of age classes in males and females
1/MX=13(WM/WX)/MM+23(WF/WX)/MF, 1/MA=12(WM/WA)/MM+12(WF/WA)/MF Effective sizes of age classes for X and autosomes
VM, VF Reproductive variance of males and females
VX=13VM+23VF, VA=12VM+12VF Reproductive variance for X and autosomes
μM, μF Expected mutation rate per generation in males and females
μX=13μM+23μF, μA=12μM+12μF Average mutation rate on the X and autosomes
f(x)=(2x+4)/(3x+3) Function relating male-to-female ratios and X:A ratios

All quantities in males and females are defined as in the haploid model (Table 1). All quantities for X and autosomes, other than effective age-class sizes, are arithmetic averages over sexes, weighted by the proportion of generations that X and autosomes spend in each sex. The effective age-class sizes are harmonic averages over sexes, weighted by the relative endogenous reproductive success factors, W, in each sex