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ArticleGenetics2017

Mathematical Constraints on

Nicolas Alcala, Noah A Rosenberg

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Article in Genetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. On the heterozygosity of an admixed population.Journal of mathematical biology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nicolas AlcalaDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, California 94305-5020 nalcala@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5961-5064
Noah A RosenbergDepartment of Biology, Stanford University, California 94305-5020.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

[Formula: see text] is one of the most widely used statistics in population genetics. Recent mathematical studies have identified constraints that challenge interpretations of [Formula: see text] as a measure with potential to range from 0 for genetically similar populations to 1 for divergent populations. We generalize results obtained for population pairs to arbitrarily many populations, characterizing the mathematical relationship between [Formula: see text] the frequency

Indexed as

Gene FrequencyModels, GeneticModels, StatisticalBiasGenetic MarkersHuman MigrationHumansPopulationGenetic Markersallele frequencyFSTgenetic differentiationmigrationpopulation structure

Identifiers

PMID28476869
PMCPMC5500152

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