NOTE ON GENETIC DISTANCE

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 40  (MAY) , 463-478
Abstract
Various definitions of genetic distance and frequency distance are considered, together with the purposes for which they are used. There are at least 7 simple definitions of genetic distance which agree closely with each other and with a Mahalonobis-type D2 for qualitative characters, whereas other proposed definitions are mostly based on quite different approaches. The Mahalanobis-type definitions are also related to random drift.