Random mating with a finite number of matings.
Random mating is the null model central to population genetics. One assumption behind random mating is that individuals mate an infinite number of times. This is obviously unrealistic. Here we show that when each female mates a finite number of times, the effective size of the population is substantially decreased.
Balloux
François
F
Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EH, United Kingdom. fb255@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk
Lehmann
Laurent
L
D000818:Animals; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D007178:Inbreeding; D008297:Male; D008957:Models, Genetic; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011156:Population Density; D012744:Sex Ratio