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Response to selection from new mutation and effective size of partially inbred populations. I. Theoretical results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Armando Caballero  and
Enrique Santiago
Armando Caballero*
Affiliation:
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland
Enrique Santiago
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Funcional, Universidad de Oviedo, 33071 Oviedo, Spain
*
* A. Caballero, Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT. Tel: (0131) 650 5443; E.mail: eang60@castle.ed.ac.uk; Fax: (0131) 650 6564.
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The effects of partial inbreeding on effective population size and rates of fixation of mutant genes are investigated in selected populations. Truncation selection and an infinitesimal model of gene effects for the selected trait are assumed. Predictions of effective size under this model are given for partial selfing and partial full-sib mating and an extension to a more general model is outlined. The joint effect of selection and partial inbreeding causes a large reduction in the effective size relative to the case of random mating. This effect is especially remarkable for small amounts of selected genetic variation. For example, for initial heritability 0·1 and proportion selected 1/6, the ratio of effective size to population size is 0·10 in populations with about 90% selfing while it is 0·85 in random mating populations. The consequence is a reduction in the fixation probability of favourable genes and, therefore, a reduction in the final response to selection. Stochastic simulations are used to investigate the effects of partial inbreeding and selection on fixation and extinction rates of genes of large effect and of recessive lethals with effects on the selected trait. For genes of very large effect, the effective size is not a critical factor and it is expected that partial inbreeding will be efficient in increasing fixation rates of recessive mutants. Lethal recessives are eliminated more frequently and their equilibrium frequency is lower under partial inbreeding, but only when their effects on the heterozygote are not very large.

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Genetics Research , Volume 66 , Issue 3 , December 1995 , pp. 213 - 225
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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