Epistasis in Predator-Prey Relationships  

作　　者：Iuliia Inozemtseva James Braselton 

机构地区：[1]Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA

出　　处：《Open Journal of Applied Sciences》2014年第9期473-491,共19页应用科学（英文）

摘　　要：Epistasis is the interaction between two or more genes to control a single phenotype. We model epistasis of the prey in a two-locus two-allele problem in a basic predator-prey relationship. The resulting model allows us to examine both population sizes as well as genotypic and phenotypic frequencies. In the context of several numerical examples, we show that if epistasis results in an undesirable or desirable phenotype in the prey by making the particular genotype more or less susceptible to the predator or dangerous to the predator, elimination of undesirable phenotypes and then genotypes occurs.Epistasis is the interaction between two or more genes to control a single phenotype. We model epistasis of the prey in a two-locus two-allele problem in a basic predator-prey relationship. The resulting model allows us to examine both population sizes as well as genotypic and phenotypic frequencies. In the context of several numerical examples, we show that if epistasis results in an undesirable or desirable phenotype in the prey by making the particular genotype more or less susceptible to the predator or dangerous to the predator, elimination of undesirable phenotypes and then genotypes occurs.

关 键 词：EPISTASIS PREDATOR-PREY EQUATIONS LOGISTIC EQUATION HARDY-WEINBERG EQUATION 

分 类 号：O1[理学—数学]