Waxman, David and Feng, J. (2005) Implications of long tails in the distribution of mutant effects. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 206. pp. 265-274. ISSN 0167-2789

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Abstract

Long-tailed distributions possess an in nite variance, yet a nite sample that is drawn from such a distribution has a nite variance. In this work we consider a model of a population subject to mutation, selection and drift. We investigate the implications of a long-tailed distribution of mutant allelic e¤ects on the distribution of genotypic e¤ects in a model with a continuum of allelic e¤ects. While the analysis is confined to asexual populations, it does also have implications for sexual populations. We obtain analytical results for a selectively neutral population as well as one subject to selection. We supplement these analytical results with numerical simulations, to take into account genetic drift. We nd that a long-tailed distribution of mutant e¤ects may a¤ect both the equilibrium and the evolutionary adaptive behaviour of a population.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Life Sciences > Biology and Environmental Science
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QH Natural history > QH0301 Biology
Depositing User:	SRO Admin
Date Deposited:	15 Feb 2007
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2019 10:45
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/771
Google Scholar:	31 Citations

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