We introduce a notion of -Volterra quadratic stochastic operator defined on (m − 1)dimensional simplex, where ∈ {0, 1, . . . , m}. The -Volterra operator is a Volterra operator if and only if = m. We study structure of the set of all -Volterra operators and describe their several fixed and periodic points. For m = 2 and 3, we describe behavior of trajectories of (m − 1)-Volterra operators. The paper also contains many remarks with comparisons of -Volterra operators and Volterra ones.This means that the association x 0 → x defines a map V called the evolution operator. The population evolves by starting from an arbitrary state x 0 , then passing to the state x = V (x 0 ) (in the next "generation"), then to the state x = V (V (x 0 )), 143 Int. J. Biomath. 2010.03:143-159. Downloaded from www.worldscientific.com by NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY on 08/25/15. For personal use only. 144 U. A. Rozikov & A. Zada Int. J. Biomath. 2010.03:143-159. Downloaded from www.worldscientific.com by NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY on 08/25/15. For personal use only.