EFFECTIVE POPULATION-SIZE, GENETIC DIVERSITY, AND COALESCENCE TIME INSUBDIVIDED POPULATIONS

Authors
NEI M TAKAHATA N
Citation
M. Nei et N. Takahata, EFFECTIVE POPULATION-SIZE, GENETIC DIVERSITY, AND COALESCENCE TIME INSUBDIVIDED POPULATIONS, Journal of molecular evolution, 37(3), 1993, pp. 240-244
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Biology
Journal title
Journal of molecular evolution → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222844
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
240 - 244
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2844(1993)37:3<240:EPGDAC>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A formula for the effective population size for the finite island mode l of subdivided populations is derived. The formula indicates that the effective size can be substantially greater than the actual number of individuals in the entire population when the migration rate among su bpopulations is small. It is shown that the mean nucleotide diversity, coalescence time, and heterozygosity for genes sampled from the entir e population can be predicted fairly well from the theory for randomly mating populations if the effective population size for the finite is land model is used.