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Global stability of genetic systems governed by mutation and selection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. A. P. Moran
Affiliation:
The Australian National University, Canberra

Abstract

This paper considers the behaviour of infinite haploid genetic populations under the influence of mutation and selection depending on a single locus. Under wide conditions the Perron–Frobenius theory of non-negative matrices and its generalization by Vere-Jones are used to prove that there is a single globally stable state of the population when there is a finite or, under more restrictive conditions, an infinite set of possible alleles.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1976

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