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Fixation probability and time in subdivided populations.

Michael C Whitlock1

  • 1Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. whitlock@zoology.ubc.ca

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|June 17, 2003
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Population structure significantly impacts allele fixation probabilities and timing due to genetic drift. Relaxing previous assumptions reveals complex effects on beneficial and deleterious allele dynamics.

Area of Science:

  • Evolutionary genetics
  • Population genetics
  • Molecular evolution

Background:

  • Allele frequency changes due to mutation and genetic drift are fundamental to evolution.
  • Spatially structured populations exhibit different fixation dynamics compared to unstructured ones.
  • Previous models often assumed proportional reproductive success, beneficial mutations, and additive effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate allele fixation probabilities and fixation times in spatially structured populations.
  • To relax restrictive assumptions of previous models, including arbitrary reproductive success, mutation effects, and dominance.
  • To quantify the impact of population structure on evolutionary trajectories.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a theoretical framework incorporating arbitrary distributions of reproductive success, mutation effects, and dominance.

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  • Utilized two summary statistics: effective population size (N(e)) and a variant of Wright's F(ST).
  • Verified theoretical results through simulations across various population structures (island, stepping-stone, extinction-recolonization).

    • Main Results:

    • Population structure strongly influences both the probability and time to allele fixation or loss.
    • Population structure often reduces effective population size, increasing fixation probability of deleterious alleles and decreasing it for beneficial ones.
    • Increased homozygosity due to population structure enhances beneficial allele fixation but slightly decreases deleterious allele fixation.

    Conclusions:

    • Population structure plays a critical role in shaping evolutionary outcomes by altering allele dynamics.
    • The effective population size and F(ST) are key statistics for understanding these effects.
    • Relaxing prior assumptions provides a more comprehensive understanding of allele fixation in realistic population structures.