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Published on: July 18, 2025
Gene-culture coevolution under selection
Hilla Behar1, Marcus W Feldman1
1Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, United States.
Abstract:
The joint evolutionary dynamics of phenotypes and genotypes are usually couched in terms of genetic variance contributions to changes in the phenotypic mean. Here, we study the evolution of a dichotomous phenotype whose transmission is controlled by one multi-allelic locus. The phenotype is under selection, which may be genotype-dependent. We answer classical population genetic questions about the phenogenotypic evolution, including the conditions for phenotypic and genotypic polymorphism, in terms of selection coefficients and rates of phenotypic transmission.
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