ARS | Publication request: USING PREVOSTI'S DISTANCE COEFFICIENT FOR DIRECT STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF POPULATION DIFFERENCES

Submitted to: HortScience
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: June 1, 2006
Publication Date: July 15, 2006
Citation: Kisha, T.J., Johnson, R.C., Skinner, D.Z., Greene, S.L. 2006. Using prevosti's distance coefficient for direct statistical analysis of population differences [abstract]. HortScience. 44(4):967-698.

Technical Abstract: Three alfalfa populations were compared using four molecular marker systems. Population differences were analyzed using Prevosti’s distance coefficient, which is a measurement over all loci of the proportion of unshared alleles. The variance of this sample distance is related to the genetic diversities used in calculating F-statistics and can be easily generated using a spreadsheet. The simplicity of statistical testing using Prevosti’s distance, and it’s accuracy at small distances compared with other coefficients, are unique and useful characteristics of this measurement.