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Table 2 Parameters used in the model

From: The role of deleterious mutations in the stability of hybridogenetic water frog complexes

σ

Selection strength

0.4-0.6

δ h

Fitness decrease due to homozygosity

0.2

δ e

Fitness decrease for environmental reasons

0.0-0.4

δ m

Fitness decrease for each step of mutation accumulation

0.04

n

Number of attempts per female in choosing males, P. lessonae, P. esculentus, P. ridibundus

30, 15, 30

b

Number of surviving tadpoles for each female

6

K 0

Environmental carrying capacity

3000

μ

mutation rate

10-5, 10-4