Abstract
The equilibrium configurations for a two-locus multialle model of sex-linked meiotic drive are studied with regard to the recombination fraction: limit cycles can occur in the case of small recombination while stable equilibrium points associated with linkage equilibrium can exist for an intermediate range of recombination values depending on the equilibrium sex ratio, linkage disequilibrium at nearby equilibrium points taking turn with loser linkage. The evolutionary dynamics in two-locus sex-ratio distortion systems is enlightened: while equilibria with a sex ratio closer to 1/2 are more likely to be stable with respect to perturbations on the frequencies of sex-ratio distorters that are represented at equilibrium, such equilibria are also more vulnerable to the invasion of mutant distorters when there is some degree of linkage with the sex-determining locus. For X-linked multimodifier systems of sex-ratio distortion, differential fertilities and viabilities are incorporated and a maximum principle is suggested.
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