Establishment process of a magic trait allele subject to both divergent selection and assortative mating

• Published in: Theoretical population biology Vol. 135; pp. 9 - 18
• Main Authors: Sakamoto, T., Innan, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2020
• Subjects: Alleles; Assortative mating; Divergent selection; Genetic Speciation; Magic trait model; Phenotype; Population genetics; Reproduction; Selection, Genetic; Speciation; Assortative mating; Magic trait model; Population genetics; Speciation; Divergent selection

Sexual selection and divergent selection are among the major driving forces of reproductive isolation, which could eventually result in speciation. A magic trait is defined such that a single trait is subject to both divergent selection and mate choice through phenotype-based assortative mating. We...