A multilocus estimator of mating system parameters in plant populations

D V Shaw; A L Kahler; R W Allard

doi:10.1073/pnas.78.2.1298

A multilocus estimator of mating system parameters in plant populations

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981 Feb;78(2):1298-302. doi: 10.1073/pnas.78.2.1298.

Authors

D V Shaw¹, A L Kahler, R W Allard

Affiliation

¹ Department of Genetics, University of California, Davis, California 95616.

Abstract

A multilocus method of estimating mating system parameters in populations is presented that recovers information from classification over multiple loci that single-locus estimators do not detect. It is shown that the multilocus estimator provides a standard of reference (null hypothesis) that can be useful in analyzing the effects of factors such as population heterogeneity and post-mating zygotic selection on the transmission of genetic information at the population level.