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Genetic Distance between Populations

Published in The American Naturalist • May 1, 1972
Authors:
Masatoshi Nei

Abstract

A measure of genetic distance (D) based on the identity of genes between populations is formulated. It is defined as D = -logeI, where I is the normalized identity of genes between two populations. This genetic distance measures the accumulated allele differences per locus. If the rate of gene subst...

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