Table 3 Measures of genetic diversity as a function of the size of the breeding and sample windows

From: Estimation of effective population size in continuously distributed populations: there goes the neighborhood

 

Sample window

Breeding window (BW)

SW1

SW9

SW16

SW25

SW49

SW64

SW100

SW484

SW1936

SW4356

BW9 (Ho=0.720)

 Alleles/locus

5.08

6.86

7.50

8.04

9.02

9.47

10.31

14.65

21.65

28.13

He

0.674

0.674

0.729

0.743

0.766

0.777

0.791

0.849

0.900

0.926

FIS

−0.064

−0.011

0.012

0.030

0.059

0.071

0.090

0.152

0.198

0.221

BW25 (Ho=0.872)

 Alleles/locus

12.16

14.07

14.76

15.39

16.56

17.09

18.09

22.97

29.75

35.37

He

0.850

0.859

0.863

0.867

0.874

0.878

0.884

0.909

0.931

0.944

FIS

−0.025

−0.015

−0.011

−0.006

0.003

0.007

0.015

0.041

0.064

0.076

BW49 (Ho=0.925)

 Alleles/locus

20.99

22.55

23.12

23.72

24.82

25.36

26.38

31.35

37.67

42.44

He

0.911

0.914

0.915

0.917

0.920

0.922

0.925

0.937

0.949

0.956

FIS

−0.015

−0.012

−0.010

−0.009

−0.005

−0.003

0.000

0.013

0.025

0.033

BW81 (Ho=0.948)

 Alleles/locus

29.44

30.58

31.03

31.50

32.39

32.84

33.72

38.19

43.67

47.54

He

0.938

0.939

0.940

0.940

0.942

0.943

0.944

0.951

0.958

0.963

FIS

−0.011

−0.010

−0.009

−0.008

−0.007

−0.006

−0.004

0.003

0.011

0.016

  1. Notes: Ho, mean observed heterozygosity; He, mean expected heterozygosity; and FIS, relative observed excess of homozygotes relative to Hardy–Weinberg proportions. Data are based on replicate samples of 100 individuals from each combination of breeding and SWs.