Correlation between Population
Size and genetic heterozygosity
Observed Heterozygosity (average
fraction of heterozygous loci per individual) versus estimated species
population size (to closest order of magnitude). H increases
with
N, as predicted by theory. Note that H ranges from 0.00
~ 0.24 (after Soulé in Ayala 1976).
Text material © 2004 by Steven M.
Carr