G′ST and D do not replace FST

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1083-1091

  Whitlock, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

diversity measures; FST; GST; Jost's D; population differentiation; population structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC DRIFT; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79952449963     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04996.x     Document Type: Review

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