Table 1.

Average band counts n₁ and n₂, and Dice similarities D for 10,000 simulated pairs of AFLP profiles for a range of values of genetic similarity p_gs and expected numbers of fragments m₁ and m₂

Parameter settings			Results
pgs	m1	m2	n1	n2	D
0.0	40	40	37.0	37.0	0.1388
	70	70	61.3	61.2	0.2232
	120	120	96.4	96.3	0.3343
0.1	40	40	36.9	36.9	0.2192
	70	70	61.3	61.4	0.2936
	120	120	96.3	96.4	0.3902
0.3	40	40	36.9	37.0	0.3828
	70	70	61.3	61.3	0.4369
	120	120	96.4	96.4	0.5088
0.5	40	40	37.0	37.0	0.5522
	70	70	61.3	61.3	0.5870
	120	120	96.2	96.3	0.6355
0.7	40	40	36.9	36.9	0.7261
	70	70	61.2	61.1	0.7462
	120	120	96.4	96.3	0.7728
0.9	40	40	37.0	37.0	0.9061
	70	70	61.1	61.2	0.9131
	120	120	96.4	96.3	0.9213
0.95	40	40	37.0	37.0	0.9534
	70	70	61.3	61.3	0.9563
	120	120	96.4	96.4	0.9603
0.5	100	50	83.0	45.3	0.5736
	100	80	83.0	68.7	0.6057
0.7	70	40	61.3	37.0	0.7277
	80	70	68.7	61.3	0.7482

FldF_S from A. thaliana is used, with N = 450 band positions