We know that effective population size of mitochondrial DNA is four times smaller than that of nuclear DNA due to its uni-parental inheritance. I wonder the effective population size of mtDNA for the species that are simultaneous hermaphrodite but also copulate reciprocally. Would it still be 1/4?
Thank you.
mtDNA transmission is matrilinear, but in this case is biparental, given that each individual behaves as male and female. Apart this feature, if you want to calculate the ratio of mtDNA compared to nuclear genome, you should know the autofertilization rate.
Thank you for your answer. The species that I am interested in is outcrossing.
Hi, in hermaphrodite organisms, haploid genomes like mtDNA, the effective population size (Ne) is equal to the female effective population size (Nef). That is 1/2Ne. See for instance Latta RG (2006) Integrating patterns across multiple genetic markers to infer spatial processes. Landscape Ecology (2006) 21:809–820
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