Comparing direct and indirect selfing rate estimates: when are population-structure estimates reliable?
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Reliable selfing rate estimates from imperfect population genetic data.
Genotypic frequencies at codominant marker loci in population samples convey information on mating systems. A classical way to extract this information is to measure heterozygote deficiencies (FIS) and obtain the selfing rate s from FIS = s/(2 - s), assuming inbreeding equilibrium. A major drawback is that heterozygote deficiencies are often present without selfing, owing largely to technical a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heredity
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0018-067X,1365-2540
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2017.1