Robustness of genetic diversity measures under spatial sampling and a new frequency-independent measure.

ABSTRACT: The genetic diversity of a taxon has often been estimated by genetic diversity measures. However, they assume random sampling of individuals which is often inapplicable. Except when the distribution of the taxon is limited, researchers conventionally choose several sampling locations from the known distribution and then collect individuals from each location. Spatial sampling is a formalized version of the conventional sampling, which objectively provides geographically even sampling locations to cover genetic variation in a taxon assuming isolation by distance. To evaluate the validity of the spatial sampling in estimating genetic diversity, we conducted coalescent simulation experiments. The sampling locations were selected by spatial sampling and one sample was collected from each locat

SUBMITTER: Aoki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10512937 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature