The Rate of Reproduction - Genetic Diversity in Establishing Plant Populations: Founder Number and Geometry - page 149

110

100

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j=18
i=10
h=7
g=5
f=4
e=3.5
d=3
c=2.5
b=2
a=1.5

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A

70

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50

GROWTH FACTOR

Fig. 10.8 Percent of founding unique alleles retained by populations with different r values (as
indicated above) as a function of the growth factor (current population size divided by founding
population size) for the population after the fi rst (A) and fi fth (B) round of reproduction. The
populations have identical input conditions except for the indicated values of r. Further details
on the input conditions for these populations can be found in the text.

may have been involved in population dynamics. For example, suppose
one knows the number of founders and allelic diversity for an establishing
population. Assume that, for this population, input parameters are identical
to those used in trial b ( Fig. 10.6) . After fi ve generations, if the population
size is approximately 250, then the percentage of original unique alleles