tajima.K {spider} | R Documentation |
Calculate Tajima's K index of divergence
Description
Calculates Tajima's K index of divergence.
Usage
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
Examples
data(anoteropsis)
tajima.K(anoteropsis)
tajima.K(anoteropsis, prop = FALSE)
[Package spider version 1.5.0 Index]