Which of the Following Is True of F^ST, a Measure

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of F^ST, a measure of genetic distance between populations?

• A) F^ST increases faster when subpopulations are small.
• B) F^ST is useful to quantify how dramatically populations have diverged in their respective allele frequencies.
• C) When F^ST = 0, allele frequencies are approximately the same from place to place.
• D) all of the above

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