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Estimation of fixation indices and gene diversities
Author(s) -
NEI M.,
CHESSER R. K.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
annals of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1469-1809
pISSN - 0003-4800
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1983.tb00993.x
Subject(s) - estimator , fixation index , fixation (population genetics) , statistics , mathematics , wright , biology , multinomial distribution , sampling (signal processing) , genetics , evolutionary biology , gene , allele , computer science , filter (signal processing) , loss of heterozygosity , computer vision , programming language
Summary Considering the multinomial sampling of genotypes, unbiased estimators of various gene diversity measures in subdivided populations are presented. Using these quantities, formulae for estimating Wright's fixation indices ( F IS , F IT , and F ST ) from a finite sample are developed.