Incorporate selfing

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In plant populations, self-fertilization can be the dominant reproductive 
process. Does selfing 
change results from a diffusion-based analysis?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 6 Apr 2010 at 4:18

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There are two potential issues.
1) Selfing may affect the variance effective population size, changing the 
interpretation of Ne results. More 
problematic, it might also change conversion of genetic units to physical 
units, since those are all in terms of 
Ne.
2) If the individuals sampled are not outbred, the frequency spectrum would be 
substantially distorted. For 
example, if all the sampled individuals were the direct result of 
self-fertilization, the number of singletons will 
be dramatically depressed.

Original comment by [email protected] on 6 Apr 2010 at 4:22

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In regards to 1), Crow and Denniston (1988) _Evolution_ 42:482 suggests that 
selfing should *not change* the 
variance effective population size. (Comment after Eq. 19.)

Original comment by [email protected] on 6 Apr 2010 at 4:24