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The algebraic equivalence of two measures of genetic distance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Jeremy E. Dawson
Jeremy E. Dawson*
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Canberra
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Abstract

A formal proof is given of the equivalence, conjectured by Rostron, of two measures of the genetic difference between two populations.

Keywords

GENETIC DISTANCECOLONIZATION
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , June 1981 , pp. 520 - 522
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 

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Footnotes

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Present address: CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, P.O. Box 218, Lindfield NSW 2070, Australia.

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