Population Genetics

  1. Mating Systems and Population Structure
    1. Random Mating
      1. Panmixia
        1. Hardy-Weinberg Assumptions
          1. Deviations from Randomness
          2. Non-Random Mating
            1. Assortative Mating
              1. Positive Assortment
                1. Negative Assortment
                  1. Effects on Genotype Frequencies
                  2. Disassortative Mating
                    1. Mechanisms
                      1. Consequences
                    2. Inbreeding
                      1. Mating Between Relatives
                        1. Inbreeding Coefficient
                          1. Calculation
                            1. Interpretation
                            2. Effects on Populations
                              1. Increased Homozygosity
                                1. Reduced Heterozygosity
                                  1. Expression of Recessive Alleles
                                  2. Inbreeding Depression
                                    1. Mechanisms
                                      1. Fitness Consequences
                                        1. Purging Effects
                                      2. Population Subdivision
                                        1. Wahlund Effect
                                          1. Population Structure
                                            1. Metapopulation Dynamics
                                            2. F-Statistics
                                              1. F_IS (Inbreeding within Subpopulations)
                                                1. F_ST (Differentiation among Subpopulations)
                                                  1. F_IT (Total Inbreeding)
                                                    1. Hierarchical F-Statistics
                                                      1. Interpretation and Applications

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