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. 2012 Oct;192(2):533–598. doi: 10.1534/genetics.112.142018

Table 2 . Definitions and symbols used in the methods and analyses.

Symbol Definitions Equation
δw Estimate of the average nucleotide substitution divergence at polarized sites in a window, weighted by (allele) sampling depth. (1)
πw Estimate of the expected heterozygosity for nucleotide substitutions per site in a random sample from a randomly mating population. Weighting is by allele sampling depth and the standard bias correction is applied to each. (2)
ρ Population recombination parameter: ρ = 2Nr/bp for both autosomes and the X chromosome. For local genomic estimates of 2Nr/bp, ρ^ is determined via statistical fitting to an approximation of the equilibrium between mutation to selectively equivalent alleles and genetic drift in a single, stable outbreeding population (McVean et al. 2004).
rω Linkage disequilibrium oriented by the allele frequencies. Let p and q be the frequencies of the more common alleles at two loci, p > 1/2 and q > 1/2 (Langley and Crow 1974). And let g be the frequency of the gametotype composed of those two more common alleles. Then rω=(gpq)/p(1p)q(1q).
HKAl Hudson–Kreitman–Aguadé-like test statistic reflecting the significance of the deviation of the observed proportions of segregating and diverged sites in a window to the chromosome-arm averages under a model for the equilibrium between mutation to selectively equivalent alleles and genetic drift in a single stable outbreeding population (Hudson et al. 1987; Ford and Aquadro 1996). (3)
TsD A test statistic for either an excess (+) or a deficiency (−) of common alleles compared to the predictions of a model for the equilibrium between mutation to selectively equivalent alleles and genetic drift in a single stable outbreeding population (Tajima 1989). (4)
χ[log(p)] “+” or “−” the log10 of the P-value for a test statistics such as HKAl and TsD. The sign reflects the sign of the deviation from expectation: the number of segregating sites in the case of HKAl and the frequency spectrum for TsD.
π/min(divl, divg) A simple metric of reduced diversity in a window where the denominator is the lesser of local divergence and global average divergence.
s The difference in relative fitness of homozygotes for alternative alleles at a locus. The heterozygote’s relative fitness is 1 − hs, where h is the dominance coefficient.
r The rate of recombination between two closely linked genomic sites, usually adjacent base pairs unless otherwise indicated.
r^ Estimated rate of recombination per base pair based on local smoothing of incremental change in the standard genetic map.
ρS Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.