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. 2022 Dec 15;18(12):e1010353. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010353

Table 1. Glossary of the main notations.

Symbol Biological meaning
N Population size
N e Effective population size
σ Selfing rate
F Wright’s fixation index
μ Mutation rate
r Recombination rate
L Genome length (used in multi-locus simulation models only)
h Dominance coefficient (besides genetic incompatibilities)
s Strength of selection (besides genetic incompatibilities)
hc, hb Dominance coefficient of the compensatory and BDMi mutations
su, sc, sb Strength of selection of the underdominant, compensatory and BDMi mutations
kc, kb Dominance coefficient in double heterozygotes for compensatory and BDMi mutations