ArticlePloS one2015
An Improved F(st) Estimator.
Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Abstract
The fixation index F(st) plays a central role in ecological and evolutionary genetic studies. The estimators of Wright ([Formula: see text]), Weir and Cockerham ([Formula: see text]), and Hudson et al. ([Formula: see text]) are widely used to measure genetic differences among different populations, but all have limitations. We propose a minimum variance estimator [Formula: see text] using [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. We tested [Formula: see text] in simulations and applied it to 120 unrelated East African individuals from Ethiopia and 11 subpopulations in HapMap 3 with 464,642 SNPs. Our simulation study showed that [Formula: see text] has smaller bias than [Formula: see text] for small sample sizes and smaller bias than [Formula: see text] for large sample sizes. Also, [Formula: see text] has smaller variance than [Formula: see text] for small Fst values and smaller variance than [Formula: see text] for large F(st) values. We demonstrated that approximately 30 subpopulations and 30 individuals per subpopulation are required in order to accurately estimate F(st).
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