Table 2 Mean allele frequency vector, , and standard errors (in parentheses) estimated on simulated data of varying sample sizes from equilibrium populations of different ploidy level and of values of p

From: Estimation of allele frequencies in polyploids under certain patterns of inheritance

Sample size

 

0

1

2

3

4

p =(0.2, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.2) Tetraploid, m=4

 500

0.198

0.100

0.201

0.301

0.200

 

(0.020)

(0.008)

(0.013)

(0.015)

(0.012)

 100

0.190

0.102

0.202

0.303

0.203

 

(0.048)

(0.018)

(0.028)

(0.035)

(0.027)

 50

0.186

0.103

0.204

0.305

0.202

 

(0.067)

(0.028)

(0.040)

(0.050)

(0.040)

p =(0.2, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.2) Hexaploid, m=6

 500

0.199

0.100

0.200

0.301

0.201

 

(0.020)

(0.007)

(0.011)

(0.016)

(0.011)

 100

0.192

0.100

0.201

0.304

0.203

 

(0.055)

(0.016)

(0.027)

(0.036)

(0.026)

 50

0.184

0.102

0.204

0.307

0.203

 

(0.076)

(0.024)

(0.038)

(0.053)

(0.037)

p =(0.2, 0.02, 0.05, 0.08, 0.65) Tetraploid, m=4

 500

0.196

0.020

0.050

0.080

0.654

 

(0.030)

(0.004)

(0.006)

(0.007)

(0.030)

 100

0.181

0.020

0.051

0.081

0.667

 

(0.073)

(0.008)

(0.013)

(0.017)

(0.072)

 50

0.172

0.020

0.051

0.081

0.676

 

(0.104)

(0.012)

(0.019)

(0.024)

(0.103)

  1. The selfing fraction is set to, s=0.5. In all, 1000 simulated samples were drawn from each population and sample size.