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Allele frequency covariance among cohorts and its use in estimating effective size of age‐structured populations
Author(s) -
JORDE PER ERIK
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
molecular ecology resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.96
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1755-0998
pISSN - 1755-098X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03111.x
Subject(s) - biology , covariance , allele frequency , allele , statistics , analysis of covariance , population , population size , genetics , sample size determination , demography , evolutionary biology , mathematics , gene , sociology
A general expression for the covariance of allele frequencies among cohorts in age‐structured populations is derived. The expression is used to extend the so‐called temporal method for estimating effective population size from allele frequency shifts among samples from cohorts born any number of years apart. Computer simulations are used to check on the accuracy and precision of the method, and an application to coastal Atlantic cod is presented.