Smith C A
Ann Hum Genet. 1977 May;40(4):463-79.
Various definitions of 'genetic distance' and 'frequency distance' are considered, together with the purposes for which they are used. There are at least seven simple definitions of 'genetic distance' which agree closely with each other and with a Mahalonobis-type D2 for qualitative characters, whereas other proposed definitions are mostly based on quite different approaches. The Mahalanobis-type definitions are also related to random drift.
本文考虑了“遗传距离”和“频率距离”的各种定义，以及它们的使用目的。“遗传距离”至少有七种简单定义，这些定义彼此之间以及与定性性状的马氏D2型距离高度一致，而其他提出的定义大多基于截然不同的方法。马氏型定义也与随机漂变有关。
