One of the ultimate goals of population genetics is to theoretically describe the behavior of allele frequency. Diffusion theory has been commonly used for this purpose mainly in one-locus one-population models, although it is not easy to handle diffusion theory in models with multiple loci or with multiple populations. This review introduces several successful cases, where multi-dimensional diffusion equations contributed to addressing evolutionary questions, thereby demonstrating its strong potential in population genetics.

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群体遗传学中等位基因频率的多维扩散过程

群体遗传学的最终目标之一是从理论上描述等位基因频率的行为。扩散理论主要用于此目的，主要用于单基因座一群体模型，尽管在具有多个基因座或多群体的模型中处理扩散理论并不容易。本文介绍了多个成功案例，其中多维扩散方程有助于解决进化问题，从而展示了其在群体遗传学中的强大潜力。