HOW SHOULD WE BOOTSTRAP ALLOZYME DATA

The use of the bootstrap to estimate the distribution of statistics fr om allozyme data is examined. The different loci are often used as the unit of resampling. Since the interpretation and validity of the boot strap is affected by the unit of resampling, and since resampling over loci in most practical cases, does not conform to the three basic ass umptions of the bootstrap, this method should be avoided. Resampling o ver individual genotypes may pro vide a valid alternative approach.