Counting Alleles with Rarefaction: Private Alleles and Hierarchical Sampling Designs |
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| Authors: | Steven T Kalinowski |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA |
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| Abstract: | The number of alleles (allelic richness) in a population is a fundamental measure of genetic variation, and a useful statistic for identifying populations for conservation. Estimating allelic richness is complicated by the effects of sample size: large samples are expected to have more alleles. Rarefaction solves this problem. This communication extends the rarefaction procedure to count private alleles and to accommodate hierarchical sampling designs. |
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| Keywords: | allelic richness estimation genetic diversity rarefaction sample size species diversity species richness |
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