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The existence of stable translocation polymorphisms

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This paper investigates the existence of stable translocation polymorphisms. Since translocation heterozygotes have reduced fertility, one would expect an equilibrium to be unstable. It is shown however that complementation of deficiency-duplication gametes, which leads to an excess of heterozygotes among the offspring of heterozygous parents, may counter-balance the selective disadvantage of heterozygotes. Conditions are given for stability of non-trivial equilibria in a deterministic, discrete generation model. Part of the results were obtained numerically. Some aspects of ‘the translocation method’ for insect pest control are briefly discussed.

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  1. Department of Genetics, Agricultural University, Wageningen, General Foulkesweg 53, 6703 BM, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Stam, P. The existence of stable translocation polymorphisms. Genetica 50, 149–158 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123291

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