FREQUENCY OF PRIVATE ELECTROPHORETIC VARIANTS AND INDIRECT ESTIMATES OF MUTATION-RATE IN PAPUA-NEW-GUINEA
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 33 (1) , 112-122
Abstract
Data on rare and private electrophoretic [protein and enzyme] variants were used to estimate mutation rates for populations belonging to 55 language groups in Papua New Guinea. Three different methods yield values of 1.42 .times. 10-6, 1.40 .times. 10-6, and 5.58 .times. 10-6/locus per generation. The estimates for 3 island populations off the north coast of New Guinea.sbd.Manus, Karkar and Siassi.sbd.are much lower. The variability in mutation rates estimated from rare electrophoretic variants as a function of population size is discussed. The mean mutation rate in Papua New Guinea is less than half the estimates obtained for Australian Aborigines and Amerindians.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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