Shannon diversity index: a call to replace the original Shannon’s formula with unbiased estimator in the population genetics studies

Background The Shannon diversity index has been widely used in population genetics studies. Recently, it was proposed as a unifying measure of diversity at different levels—from genes and populations to whole species and ecosystems. The index, however, was proven to be negatively biased at small sam...

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Main Author: Maciej K. Konopiński
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-06-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/9391.pdf

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