STATISTICAL-METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE EFFECTIVE NUMBER OF ALLELES, EXPECTED HETEROZYGOSITY AND GENETIC-DISTANCE IN SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY LOCUS

Citation
F. Tajima et al., STATISTICAL-METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE EFFECTIVE NUMBER OF ALLELES, EXPECTED HETEROZYGOSITY AND GENETIC-DISTANCE IN SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY LOCUS, Idengaku Zasshi, 69(3), 1994, pp. 287-295
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
ISSN journal
0021504X
Volume
69
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
287 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-504X(1994)69:3<287:SFETEN>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
In order to understand the evolutionary process of self-incompatibilit y, we must know the genetic variability of the self-incompatibility ge nes within and between populations. Statistical methods for estimating the effective number of alleles, expected heterozygosity and genetic distance from pollination experiments were developed, which can be app lied to both gametophytic and sporophytic self-incompatibility systems . In these methods, bud-pollination, which is necessary for obtaining homozygotes, is not required. Since bud-pollination, which is time-con suming, is not required in the present methods, they might be useful.