Journal
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages 1263-1273Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01520.x
Keywords
effective size; estimation; genetic distance; isolation; migration; mutation
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Many genetic distances have been developed to summarize allele frequency differences between populations. I review the evolutionary and statistical properties of three popular genetic distances: D (S) , D (A) , and theta, using computer simulation of two simple evolutionary histories: an isolation model of population divergence and an equilibrium migration model. The effect of effective population size, mutation rate, and mutation mechanism upon the parametric value between pairs of populations in these models explored, and the unique properties of each distance are described. The effect of these evolutionary parameters on study design is also investigated and similar results are found for each genetic distance in each model of evolution: large sample sizes are warranted when populations are relatively genetically similar; and loci with more alleles produce better estimates of genetic distance.
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