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arXiv:1103.5625 (q-bio)
[Submitted on 21 Mar 2011 (v1), last revised 8 Jun 2012 (this version, v2)]

Title:Information Theory and Population Genetics

Authors:Reginald D. Smith
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Abstract: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.
Comments: 29 pages, 11 figures
Subjects: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE); Information Theory (cs.IT)
Cite as: arXiv:1103.5625 [q-bio.PE]
  (or arXiv:1103.5625v2 [q-bio.PE] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1103.5625

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From: Reginald Smith [view email]
[v1] Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:45:40 UTC (46 KB)
[v2] Fri, 8 Jun 2012 16:32:33 UTC (45 KB)
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