A model of weak selection in the infinite alleles framework (original) (raw)

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Ewens (1972) proposed a model in the infinite allele framework for populations with neutrality of all alleles at a particular locus. This paper proposes a generalisation of Ewens' result for situations where there is a form of weak selection. The models considered here are continuous time, discrete state space Markov processes.

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1. N. C. Weber
   Present address: Department of Mathematical Statistics, University of Sydney, 2006, N.S.W., Australia

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1. Department of Statistics, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
   E. D. Rothman & N. C. Weber

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Rothman, E.D., Weber, N.C. A model of weak selection in the infinite alleles framework.J. Math. Biol. 24, 353–360 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00275643

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• Revised: 26 March 1986
• Issue Date: August 1986
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00275643

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