Highly polymorphic mitochondrial DNA and deceiving haplotypic differentiation: implications for assessing population genetic differentiation and connectivity

Highly polymorphic mitochondrial DNA and deceiving haplotypic differentiation: implications for assessing population genetic differentiation and connectivity

Abstract Background Hyperdiverse mtDNA with more than 5% of variable synonymous nucleotide sites can lead to erroneous interpretations of population genetic differentiation patterns and parameters (φST, DEST). We illustrate this by using hyperdiverse mtDNA markers to infer population genetic differe...

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Main Authors: S. Fourdrilis, T. Backeljau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Differentiation statistics
Gene flow
Melarhaphe neritoides
Migrate-n
mtDNA hyperdiversity
Mutation rate
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1414-3

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