A Genstat procedure for population genetic data analysis
by
Roger Littlejohn
AgResearch
Coauthors: Allan Crawford

I will describe and give examples of a Genstat procedure for population genetic data analysis based on Weir (1996). It gives as output tests for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, estimates of gene diversity, heterozygosity, coefficients of coancestry and inbreeding, and Nei distances, and cross-validation tests for group membership. It has been used in analysing microsatellite data from sheep, cattle, whales and bears (as cited below).

Buchanan, F. C., L. J. Adams, R. P. Littlejohn, J.F. Maddox, A.M. Crawford (1994). "Determination of evolutionary relationships among sheep breeds using microsatellites." Genomics San Diego 22(2): 397-403.

Buchanan, F. C., M. K. Friesen, R. P. Littlejohn, J.W. Clayton (1996). "Microsatellites from the beluga whale (Delphinapterus Leucas)." Journal of Molecular Ecology 5: 571-575.

Diez Tascon, C., R. P. Littlejohn, P.A.R. Almeida, A.M. Crawford (2000). "Genetic variation within the Merino sheep breed: analysis of closely related populations using microsatellites." Animal Genetics 31: 243-251.

Hyndman, D. L., R. P. Littlejohn, J.L. Williams, A.M. Crawford (2001). Enderby Island cattle: what breed are they derived from? Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Queenstown.

Weir, B.S. 1996. Genetic Data Analysis II. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA

Date received: September 13, 2002

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