A Critical Appraisal of Methods for Measuring Admixture

Document Type

Article

Authors

Kenneth A. Korey, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

Abstract

Six procedures for measuring the admixture proportions in a hybrid population from gene frequency information are evaluated empirically against the completely ascertained data generated by computer simulation. Analysis of the standard errors of the estimates indicates that the maximum likelihood solution of Krieger et al. offers the most reliable estimates when sampling error in the ancestral frequencies is not great.

Recommended Citation

Korey, Kenneth A. (1978) "A Critical Appraisal of Methods for Measuring Admixture," Human Biology: Vol. 50: Iss. 3, Article 11.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol50/iss3/11