Group selection on a quantitative character

AUTOR(ES)

Slatkin, M.

RESUMO

We derive a model of group and individual selection on a quantitative character that is similar to the single-locus “metapopulation” models of group selection. Two alternative methods for the colonization of new or vacant habitats are examined and their effects are contrasted. In one model, all populations contribute migrants to a common pool, the “migrant pool,” from which colonists are drawn at random to fill vacant sites. In the migrant pool there is complete mixing of individuals from different populations. This model of colonization is the one used in all previous models of group selection. In the other model, the “propagule pool” model, each propagule is made up of individuals derived from a single population and there is no mixing of colonists from different populations during propagule formation. The analysis shows that much more between-population genetic variance can be maintained with the propagule pool model than with the migrant pool model. Consequently, group selection can be much more effective in natural populations than is commonly supposed.

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