Time matters: Some interesting properties of the population differentiation measures GST and D overlooked in the equilibrium perspective

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-60

  Leng, Liang ^a,b   Zhang, De Xing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

F statistics; Infinite allele model; Non equilibrium; Population genetic differentiation; Stepwise mutation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876208917     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2012.00231.x     Document Type: Review

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