a measure of the genetic similarity between any pair of populations. Such distance may be based on phenotypic traits, allele frequencies or DNA sequences. For example, genetic distance between two populations having the same allele frequencies at a particular locus, and based solely on that locus, is zero. The distance for one locus is maximum when the two populations are fixed for different alleles. When allele frequencies are estimated for many loci, the genetic distance is obtained by averaging over these loci. [FAO
( distance) Broadly, any of several measures of the degree of genetic difference between individuals, populations, or species. In reference to molecular evolution, a measure of the number of nucleotide substitutions per nucleotide site between two homologous DNA sequences that have accumulated since the divergence between the sequences.
A quantitative measure of genetic difference between a pair of samples.
The total difference in genetic marker values between two individuals. In general, the greater the genetic distance, the earlier two individuals shared a common ancestor.
Measure of the proportion of genetic differences between individuals, populations, or other taxonomic classes
The number of differences, or mutations, between two sets of results. A genetic distance of zero means there are no differences in the results being compared against one another (exact match).
a measure of the genetic similarity between any pair of populations. Such distance may be based on phenotypic traits, allele frequencies or DNA sequences; any of several measures of the degree of genetic difference between populations, based on differences in allele frequencies. Genetic distances are used for understanding effects of genetic drift and gene flow
Genetic distance is a measure of the disimilarity of genetic material between different species or individuals of the same species.