Convergence of genotypic frequencies for differential selfing and positive assortative mating at a biallelic locus (Q762007)

Basically, the genetic structure of a population is determined on the one side by viability and fertility, and on the other side by the mating system. This paper is concerned with the second aspect. A discrete one- locus model is considered which assumes positively assortative mating with respect to the same genotype with probability \(\sigma\), and random mating with probability 1-\(\sigma\). The parameter \(\sigma\), however, depends on the genotype. An alternative formulation for plant populations referring to self fertilization and random fertilization leads to the same model. The author performs a global analysis for the case of two alleles showing that (i) all trajectories of genotypic frequencies converge, so that periodic behavior cannot occur, (ii) global fixation of one allele occurs in the case of heterozygote intermediacy as well as in some situations of overdominance and underdominance for the \(\sigma\) 's, (iii) global convergence to a unique polymorphic equilibrium requires overdominance, (iv) simultaneous local attractiveness of both fixation states requires underdominance. Thus, essential differences to classical viability selection can be observed.