Perturbation analysis of a two-locus model with directional selection and recombination |
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Authors: | Wolfgang Stephan |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, 20742 College Park, MD, USA |
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Abstract: | A population genetic two-locus model with additive, directional selection and recombination is considered. It is assumed that recombination is weaker than selection; i.e., the recombination parameter r is smaller than the selection coefficients. This assumption is appropriate for describing the effects of two-locus selection at the molecular level. The model is formulated in terms of ordinary differential equations (ODES) for the gamete frequencies x = (x
1, x
2, x
3, x
4), defined on the simplex S
4. The ODEs are analyzed using first a regular pertubation technique. However, this approach yields satisfactory results only if r is very small relative to the selection coefficients and if the initial values x(0) are in the interior part of S
4. To cope with this problem, a novel two-scale perturbation method is proposed which rests on the theory of averaging of vectorfields. It is demonstrated that the zeroth-order solution of this two-scale approach approximates the numerical solution of the model well, even if recombination rate is on the order of the selection coefficients. |
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Keywords: | Additive two-locus selection Recombination Two-scale perturbation analysis Averaging theory |
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