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A predator-prey system is proposed in which the prey species consists of three genotypes. It is shown that in the case of no predation, this system satisfies the Hardy-Weinberg principle. In the case where the genotype with the recessive gene has an advantage in its susceptibility to predation, it is shown that the other genotypes move toward extinction.
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Research for this paper was partially supported by the National Research Council of Canada Grant NRC A-4823, and was carried out while this author was visiting The University of Iowa.
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Freedman, H.I., Waltman, P. Predator influence on the growth of a population with three genotypes. J. Math. Biology 6, 367–374 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02463001
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