Dealing With Assumptions and Sampling Bias in the Estimation of Effective Population Size: A Case Study in an Amphibian Population.

ABSTRACT: Accurately estimating effective population size (N _e) is essential for understanding evolutionary processes and guiding conservation efforts. This study investigates N _e estimation methods in spatially structured populations using a population of moor frog (Rana arvalis) as a case study. We assessed the behaviour of N _e estimates derived from the linkage disequilibrium (LD) method as we changed the spatial configuration of samples. Moor frog eggs were sampled from 25 breeding patches (i.e., separate vernal ponds, ditches or parts of larger fens) within a single population, revealing an isolation-by-distance pattern and a local spatial genetic structure. Varying buffer sizes around each patch were used to examine the impact of sam

SUBMITTER: Cox K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11393452 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature