tajima.K: Calculate Tajima's K index of divergence

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References See Also Examples

Description

Calculates Tajima's K index of divergence.

Usage

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tajima.K(DNAbin, prop = TRUE)

Arguments

DNAbin

An object of class ‘DNAbin’.

prop

Logical. Should the function report the number of substitutions per nucleotide? Default of TRUE.

Value

A vector of length 1. If prop = FALSE, the mean number of substitutions between any two sequences is returned. If prop = TRUE (the default), this number is returned as the mean number of substitutions per nucleotide (i.e. the above divided by the length of the sequences).

Author(s)

Samuel Brown <s_d_j_brown@hotmail.com>

References

Tajima, F. (1983). Evolutionary relationship of DNA sequences in finite populations. _Genetics_ *105*, 437-460.

See Also

dist.dna.

Examples

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