The Behaviour of F-statistics over Time
Abstract
We study the behaviour of the F2-statistic and Fst-statistic, respectively, over time in a Wright-Fisher model with mutation and migration. We give precise conditions for when the F2-statistic is non-monotonic, that is, increases over time until a certain point and then starts decreasing. We show that even for small population sizes, the two statistics are well approximated by population size scaled expressions.
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