Measuring Differences of Trait Distributions between Populations

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 959-973

  Gregorius, Hans Rolf ^a   Gillet, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Ziehe, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Abteilung Waldgenressourcen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distance measure; Genetic difference; Population genetics; Shift transformation; Trait distribution

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS; DISTANCE MEASURE; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY WEIGHTED; GENETIC DIFFERENCES; POPULATION GENETICS; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; SHIFT TRANSFORMATION; SHIFTED FREQUENCIES; TRAIT DISTRIBUTION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0346392114     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200390063     Document Type: Article

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