title: Response of Polygenic Traits Under Stabilizing Selection and Mutation When Loci Have Unequal Effects.
abstract: We consider an infinitely large population under stabilizing selection and mutation in which the allelic effects determining a polygenic trait vary between loci. We obtain analytical expressions for the stationary genetic variance as a function of the distribution of effects, mutation rate, and selection coefficient. We also study the dynamics of the allele frequencies, focusing on short-term evolution of the phenotypic mean as it approaches the optimum after an environmental change. We find that when most effects are small, the genetic variance does not change appreciably during adaptation, and the time until the phenotypic mean reaches the optimum is short if the number of loci is large. However, when most effects are large, the change of the variance during the adaptive process cannot be neglected. In this case, the short-term dynamics may be described by those of a few loci of large effect. Our results may be used to understand polygenic selection driving rapid adaptation.
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bangalore, 560064 India jain@jncasr.ac.in.
authors.forename: Kavita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Section of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stephan
mesh_terms: D005787:Gene Frequency; D056426:Genetic Loci; D008957:Models, Genetic; D020412:Multifactorial Inheritance / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable; D012641:Selection, Genetic
keywords: dynamics; genetic variance; mutation; polygenic selection; rapid adaptation; unequal effects
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