In article <4d1dhc$5fs at st-james.comp.vuw.ac.nz> T Buckley <Thomas.Buckley at vuw.ac.nz> writes:
>From: T Buckley <Thomas.Buckley at vuw.ac.nz>
>Subject: Heterozygosity
>Date: 10 Jan 1996 22:10:52 GMT
>I have several populations (of different sample size) of clonal insects
>that are genetically identical at all allozyme loci scored (7 variable).
Could you clarify this a little? Are all individuals in each population
identical with different populations different, or are all individuals in all
populations identical? As you have 'variable' loci, I assume you mean the
former, with variation observed between populations? In which case why is
variable heterozygosity among pops surprising? Or are you
seeing what look like obvious hets in every individual for the 'variable' loci?
Bill
>However, most of the populations have different values of Nei's unbiased
>heterozygosity, despite the fact all individuals are genetically
>uniform. I have heard that the reason for this, is that Nei's
>heterozygosity and genetic distances are affected by sample size.
>If this is the case, I would appreciate if someone could explain it to
>me and/or provide references that I can cite in a publication.
>Thanks
