Article
A measure of population subdivision based on microsatellite allele frequencies.
Genetics - 1 Jan 1995
Slatkin M
Abstract excerpt
A new measure of the extent of population subdivision as inferred from allele frequencies at microsatellite loci is proposed and tested with computer simulations. This measure, called R(ST), is analogous to Wright's F(ST) in representing the proportion of variation between populations. It differs in taking explicit account of the mutation process at microsatellite loci, for which a generalized stepwise mutation...
Topics
- Alleles
- Biological Evolution
- Computer Simulation
- DNA, Satellite
- Gene Frequency
- Models, Genetic
- Population Dynamics
- Statistics as Topic