Isolation by distance and correlation analysis of distance measures in the study of population structure: example from the Island of Hvar.

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Isolation by distance and correlation analysis of distance measures in the study of population structure: example from the Island of Hvar.

Human biology - 1 Feb 1990

Simić D, Rudan P

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Assessment of the population structure on the island of Hvar is based on the analysis of Malécot's isolation by distance model. We have tested the fit of the model by regression analysis of different measures of similarity (genetic kinship) and distance [Hamming's HSM distance for linguistic data...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Anthropometry
Dermatoglyphics
Female
Gene Frequency
Gene Pool
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Humans
Linguistics
Male
Mediterranean Islands
Middle Aged
Models, Genetic
Yugoslavia

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