THE USE OF THE MIGRATION INDEX, THE PARAM ETER OF SURNAME DIVERSITY, AND THE VALUES OF ENTROPY AND REDUNDANCY OF SURNAME DISTRIBUTION FOR DESCRIPTION OF POPULATION-STRUCTURE

The index of migration, the parameter of surname diversity, and the va lues of entropy and redundancy of the distribution of surnames, propos ed by Barrai et al. [1], were determined for populations of Kirovskaya and Kostromskaya oblasts. The relationship of these indices with prev iously used population characteristics, such as the Wright's F(st) par ameter, the index of endogamy, and the burden of autosomal recessive a nd autosomal dominant Mendelian pathology, was determined. Further use of these parameters in population genetic research is considered.