Mathematics – Statistics Theory
Scientific paper
2008-05-16
IMS Collections 2008, Vol. 1, 377-389
Mathematics
Statistics Theory
Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/193940307000000293 the IMS Collections (http://www.imstat.org/publications/imscollec
Scientific paper
10.1214/193940307000000293
An important parameter in the study of population evolution is $\theta=4N\nu$, where $N$ is the effective population size and $\nu$ is the rate of mutation per locus per generation. Therefore, $\theta$ represents the mean number of mutations per site per generation. There are many estimators of $\theta$, one of them being the mean number of pairwise nucleotide differences, which we call $\mathcal{T}_2$. Other estimators are $\mathcal{T}_1$, based on the number of segregating sites and $\mathcal{T}_3$, based on the number of singletons. The concept of selective neutrality can be interpreted as a differentiated nucleotide distribution for mutant sites when compared to the overall nucleotide distribution. Tajima (1989) has proposed the so-called Tajima's test of selective neutrality based on $\mathcal{T}_2-\mathcal{T}_1$. Its complex empirical behavior (Kiihl, 2005) motivates us to propose a test statistic solely based on $\mathcal{T}_2$. We are thus able to prove asymptotic normality under different assumptions on the number of sequences and number of sites via $U$-statistics theory.
Kiihl Samara
Pinheiro Aluísio
Pinheiro Hildete P.
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