Asymptotic behaviour of the mean of a continuous phenotypic diffusion process with overlapping generations.
The equilibrium position is determined for the phenotypic distribution o f a continuous characteristic in a population which reproduces both randomly and assortatively, and wherein generations are overlapping. It is shown that the major assortative mating models so far proposed for continuous traits are not particularly satisfactory.
D005298:Fertility; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005788:Gene Pool; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D008954:Models, Biological; D010641:Phenotype; D012641:Selection, Genetic