Cultural transmission of a sign language when deafness is caused by recessive alleles at two independent loci

DOI10.1006/TPBI.1994.1006zbMath0793.92016OpenAlexW2013768255WikidataQ47238674 ScholiaQ47238674MaRDI QIDQ1324997

Marcus W. Feldman, Ken-Ichi Aoki

Publication date: 7 July 1994

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/tpbi.1994.1006

zbMATH Keywords

horizontal transmissionvertical transmissionmutationassortative matinghomozygositynegative selectionpolymorphic equilibriumcultural transmission of sign languagesdeaf genotypesdeafnesslower likelihood of marriagemutuation- selection balancepersistence of sign languagesrecessive alleleunlinked autosomal loci

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Other social and behavioral sciences (mathematical treatment) (91F99) Linguistics (91F20) Genetics and population dynamics (92D99)

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