Reproductive value (population genetics)

The reproductive value is the age-dependent, normalized with the reproduction rate of a total population expected value of the number of future direct descendants of individuals. The term was coined by Ronald Fisher in his book The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection ( 1930).

Definition

Consider a species with survival and reproduction parameters and, where

And

Discrete episodes generation is performed with the reproduction value as the sum of which is for the case of continuous reproduction for an integral:

With a weight of the total population reproduction rate of:

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