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APPLICABILITY OF THE HYPERGEOMETRIC PHENOTYPIC MODEL TO HAPLOID AND DIPLOID POPULATIONS
Author(s) -
Shpak Max,
Kondrashov Alexey S.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb03794.x
Subject(s) - biology , ploidy , phenotype , allele , genetics , selection (genetic algorithm) , evolutionary biology , population , hypergeometric distribution , polyploid , trait , gene , statistics , demography , mathematics , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science , programming language
We show that the phenotypic hypergeometric model of a quantitative trait can exactly describe both haploid and diploid populations. The condition necessary for this is equiprobability of genotypes within each phenotype. This requires equal allele frequencies across the loci, which may be the case when the population is under disruptive selection.