Information Theory and Population Genetics

Details Information Theory and Population Genetics Information Theory and Population Genetics

2011-03-21

arxiv.org/abs/1103.5625v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Populations and Evolution

26 pages, 11 figures, submitted to PLoS One

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The key findings of classical population genetics are derived using a framework based on information theory using the entropies of the allele frequency distribution as a basis. The common results for drift, mutation, selection, and gene flow will be rewritten both in terms of information theoretic measurements and used to draw the classic conclusions for balance conditions and common features of one locus dynamics. Linkage disequilibrium will also be discussed including the relationship between mutual information and r^2 and a simple model of hitchhiking.

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