CULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES, SELECTION FOR A TRAIT UNDER COMPLEX TRANSMISSION
CULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES, SELECTION FOR A TRAIT UNDER COMPLEX TRANSMISSION
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DOI:
10.1016/0040-5809(76)90047-2
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
CAVALLISFORZA, LL
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作者:
FELDMAN, MW;CAVALLISFORZA, LL
The evolution of a trait under genetic and phenotypic transmission is considered. An individual is always born in 1 state but can be converted to the other before reaching adulthood. If the conversion takes place by a learning process, the native state is called unskilled, and that acquired by learning is called skilled. If phenotype conversion takes place by way of infection, the native state is uninfected, and can be converted to infected. Native and converted phenotypes may be subject to selection; acquiring a skill may lead to selective advantage of skilled vs. unskilled, while contracting a disease may involve a selective disadvantage. Conversion probability is a function of the parental phenotypes. In some models it is assumed that only 1 parent had teaching ability (or transmits the disease) and in others more general situations are considered. The probability of learning (or of taking the disease) may be determined by the individual''s genotype. A diallelic locus is considered. The evolution of the genotypes and the phenotypes is studied in a variety of situations. Equilibria, and in a few simple cases the dynamics of the phenotypes and genotypes in the population, are given. The usual equilibrium for heterozygote advantage depends, in the present case, on the parameters of the learning process. Oscillatory equilibria and more than 1 stable equilibrium can exist in certain circumstances. Even in the absence of genotypic differences for the conversion probability gene frequencies may change.