Effective number of different populations: A new concept and how to use it
Evsey Kosman,
Frida Feijen,
Jukka Jokela
Abstract:Widely used methods to assess population genetic structure and differentiation rely on independence of marker loci. Following the assumption, the common metrics, for example FST, evaluate genetic structure by averaging across loci. Common metrics do not use information in the associations among loci at the individual level and are often criticized for failing to measure true differentiation even when loci segregate independently. We introduce a new concept to measure β‐variation (Effective Number of Different … Show more
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