Conservation of Forest Biodiversity: how sample size affects the estimation of genetic parameters
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Costa, Leonardo S. da; Corneleo, Nathana S.; Stefenon, Valdir M.
- Source
- Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. June 2015 87(2)
- Subject
- sampling strategy
study design
allelic richness
inbreeding coefficient
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0001-3765
Efficient designs are crucial for population genetic studies on forest species. In this study we employed individual based simulations aiming to evaluate what fraction of a population should be sampled to obtain confident estimations of allelic richness and of inbreeding coefficient in population genetic surveys. The simulations suggest that at least 10% of the total population has to be sampled to ensure reliable estimations of allelic richness and inbreeding coefficient. This approach will allow the confidence of the genetic parameters estimations of a larger number of populations, based on a minimal sample within each one.