Skip to main content
. 2016 Jun 10;203(4):1827–1839. doi: 10.1534/genetics.115.180992

Table A1. Definitions of parameters used in this study.

Parameter Description
α Dirichlet parameter on admixture proportions
β Power used in power posterior calculation
c(i) Evaluation of a parameter while excluding information for individual i (c could be any of the parameters listed above)
c(ilp) Evaluation of a parameter while excluding information for gene copy a at locus l in individual i (c could be any of the parameters listed here)
Jl No. of unique alleles observed at locus l
K No. of populations
L No. of loci
λlj Dirichlet parameter for frequency of allele j at locus l [where j(1,,Jl)]
λl0 Sum of the Dirichlet parameters for locus l [i.e., λl0=j=1Jlλlj]
n No. of individuals sampled
p Allele frequencies in all populations at all loci
qi Admixture proportions in individual i
sil Allelic partition of alleles in individual i at locus l. For example, the genotype xil=(3,3) can be written sil={0,0,2,0,0} in allelic partition form, where in this example Jl=5
silj No. of copies of allele j at locus l in individual i [where j(1,,Jl)]
sil0 No. of copies of any allele at locus l in individual i [i.e., sil0=j=1Jlsilj]
Γ() Denotes the gamma function.
v Partition of gene copies to populations in all individuals
vi Partition of gene copies to populations in individual i
vik No. of gene copies in individual i assigned to population k
vi0 No. of gene copies in individual i assigned to any population [i.e., vi0=k=1Kvik]
x Genetic information for all individuals
xi Genetic information for individual i
xil Genetic information for individual i at locus l
xila Allelic type of the ath gene copy in individual i at locus l [where xila(1,,Jl)]
yk Allelic partition at all loci of all gene copies assigned to population k
ykl Allelic partition at locus l of all gene copies assigned to population k
yklj No. of copies of allele j at locus l assigned to population k
ykl0 No. of copies of any allele at locus l assigned to population k [i.e., ykl0=j=1Jlyklj]
z Assignment of all gene copies in all individuals
zila Assignment of gene copy a at locus l in individual i to a population [where zila(1,,K)]
zi Assignment of individual i to a population. When referring to zi it is implied that zila is identical for all (l,a), meaning all gene copies within this individual are assigned together