Converting quadratic entropy to diversity: Both animals and alleles are diverse, but some are more diverse than others.

The use of diversity metrics has a long history in population ecology, while population genetic work has been dominated by variance-derived metrics instead, a technical gap that has slowed cross-communication between the fields. Interestingly, Rao's Quadratic Entropy (RQE), comparing elements f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peter E Smouse, Sam C Banks, Rod Peakall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5663342?pdf=render