Abstract
In a geographically structured population
1 4N.u
n*T=fw l-f0
where n,r is the effective number of neutral alleles maintained in the total
population at equilibrium, f,, is the probability that two homologous genes
from the same individual or from the same locality are identical, f is the corresponding probability for pairs of genes drawn at random from the entire population, I( is the mutation rate, and N. is the total population number (or effective
number). This is true regardless of whether the population is divided into
wholly or partially isolated subgroups or is geographically continuous with
isolation by distance. This assumes an infinite number of potential mutant states.
If the number of such states is K, with an equal mutation rate to each, the
formula becomes
1 -f,, + 4N,,r+
Regardless of the number of potential alleles, the local effective number of
alleles at equilibrium is n.,~ = n.,j/f,, , and the panmictic effective population
number, defined as the size of a panmictic population that would maintain the
same number of neutral alleles at equilibrium, is Nsp = N.(l -f)/( 1 - fJ.
That is to say, NsP is equal to the effective number not taking geographical
structure into account (NJ multiplied by the ratio of the global to the local
heterozygosity.
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