R. Bürger

Polygenic dynamics underlying the response of quantitative traits to directional selection

This study models the genetic and phenotypic response of quantitative traits to directional selection using a Galton-Watson process and derives time-dependent approximations for trait mean, variance, and segregating sites.

The effectiveness of pseudomagic traits in promoting premating isolation

The paper shows that pseudomagic trait complexes can promote stronger premating isolation than magic traits by increasing assortative mating preferences when polymorphism is maintained.

The effects of epistasis and linkage on the invasion of locally beneficial mutations and the evolution of genomic islands

This study examines how epistasis and linkage influence the invasion of beneficial mutations and the formation of genomic islands in a population model.