Measuring population differentiation using GST or D? A simulation study with microsatellite DNA markers under a finite island model and nonequilibrium conditions.

Abstract excerpt

The genetic differentiation of populations is a key parameter in population genetic investigations. Wright's F(ST) (and its relatives such as G(ST) ) has been a standard measure of differentiation. However, the deficiencies of these indexes have been increasingly realized in recent years, leading to some new measures being proposed, such as Jost's D (Molecular Ecology, 2008; 17, 4015). The existence of these new...

Topics

• Biological Evolution
• Computer Simulation
• Gene Flow
• Genetic Markers
• Genetic Variation
• Genetics, Population
• Heterozygote
• Microsatellite Repeats
• Models, Genetic
• Mutation
• Population Dynamics