Talk:Tajima's D

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is part of WikiProject Genetics, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to genetics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit this page, or visit the project page to join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale.
???	This article has not yet received an importance rating.

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Statistics, which collaborates to improve Wikipedia's coverage of statistics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.

I wrote an introduction, let me know if provides sufficient context Jlrflores 22:25, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

In the scientific explanation section, I think it would be more clear if you could define the variables in the equations. Thanks Fnunes 18:06, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Violation source

The seminal paper by Tajima in 1989 (Genetics 123: 585-595) states in the ABSTRACT "... namely the genetic variation within population at the DNA level." This means sampled populations should be tested for the existence of structure. When structure is significant, the test should be independently applied to each subpopulation.

The Wikipedia article suggests structure is not a common or important problem, but it should stress the need to test for structure before applying the test.--Tribu13 (talk) 17:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] very well written explanation

this is the way many of the articles on statistics and population genetics should be written. makes so much sense than just formulas! thanks! Veryhuman (talk) 00:02, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

This article is not well readable. While examples are nice and necessary the articles lacks encyclopedic style and is not concise. Example should be shifted to the end of an article. Sboehringer (talk) 09:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)