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STRUCTURESELECTOR:A web-based software to select and visualize the optimal number of clusters using multiple methods | |
Li, Yu-Long![]() | |
2018 | |
Source Publication | MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
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ISSN | 1755-098X |
Volume | 18Issue:1Pages:176-177 |
Subtype | Article |
Abstract | Inferences of population genetic structure are of great importance to the fields of ecology and evolutionary biology. The program structure has been widely used to infer population genetic structure. However, previous studies demonstrated that uneven sampling often leads to wrong inferences on hierarchical structure. The most widely used Delta K method tends to identify the uppermost hierarchy of population structure. Recently, four alternative statistics (MEDMEDK, MEDMEAK, MAXMEDK and MAXMEAK) were proposed, which appear to be more accurate than the previously used methods for both even and uneven sampling data. However, the lack of easy-to-use software limits the use of these appealing new estimators. Here, we developed a web-based user-friendly software STRUCTURESELECTOR to calculate the four appealing alternative statistics together with the commonly used Ln Pr(X vertical bar K) and Delta K statistics. STRUCTURESELECTOR accepts the result files of STRUCTURE, ADMIXTURE or FASTSTRUCTURE as input files. It reports the ''best'' K for each estimator, and the results are available as HTML or tab separated tables. The program can also generate graphical representations for specific K, which can be easily downloaded from the server. The software is freely available at http://lmme.qdio.ac.cn/StructureSelector/. |
Keyword | best K clustering population genetic structure Puechmaille method visualization |
Subject Area | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology |
DOI | 10.1111/1755-0998.12719 |
Indexed By | SCIE |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Research Area | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology |
WOS ID | WOS:000424112000017 |
Publisher | WILEY |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Version | 出版稿 |
Identifier | http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/157607 |
Collection | 海洋生态与环境科学重点实验室 |
Affiliation | 1.[Li, Yu-Long 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, CAS Key Lab Marine Ecol & Environm Sci, Qingdao, Shandong, Peoples R China 3.Qingdao Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol, Lab Marine Ecol & Environm Sci, Qingdao, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Li, Yu-Long,Liu, Jin-Xian. STRUCTURESELECTOR:A web-based software to select and visualize the optimal number of clusters using multiple methods[J]. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES,2018,18(1):176-177. |
APA | Li, Yu-Long,&Liu, Jin-Xian.(2018).STRUCTURESELECTOR:A web-based software to select and visualize the optimal number of clusters using multiple methods.MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES,18(1),176-177. |
MLA | Li, Yu-Long,et al."STRUCTURESELECTOR:A web-based software to select and visualize the optimal number of clusters using multiple methods".MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES 18.1(2018):176-177. |
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