Arlequin is a free

population genetics Population genetics is a subfield of genetics that deals with genetic differences within and among populations, and is a part of evolutionary biology. Studies in this branch of biology examine such phenomena as Adaptation (biology), adaptation, s ...

software distributed as an integrated GUI data analysis software. It performs several types of tests and calculations, including

Fixation index The fixation index (FST) is a measure of population differentiation due to genetic structure. It is frequently estimated from Polymorphism (biology), genetic polymorphism data, such as single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) or Microsatellite (genet ...

(F_st, also known as the "F-statistics"), computing

genetic distance Genetic distance is a measure of the genetics, genetic divergence between species or between population#Genetics, populations within a species, whether the distance measures time from common ancestor or degree of differentiation. Populations with ...

, Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium,

linkage disequilibrium Linkage disequilibrium, often abbreviated to LD, is a term in population genetics referring to the association of genes, usually linked genes, in a population. It has become an important tool in medical genetics and other fields In defining LD, it ...

analysis of molecular variance Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA), is a statistical model for the molecular algorithm in a single species, typically biological. The name and model are inspired by ANOVA. The method was developed by Laurent Excoffier, Peter Smouse and Jose ...

, mismatch distribution, and pairwise difference tests. The software is designed to be able to handle different kinds of molecular, non-molecular, and/or frequency type data.

About

The Arlequin is a software package that integrates basic and advanced levels/methods for population genetics and data analysis. Version 3.5.2.2 is available only on

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as zip archive and installation executables.

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and

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have only older 3.5.2 version but restricted on 64-bit environments and have only command-line interface as the "arlecore" program, "arlsumstat" program, as well as the example files. In 2019, the new R functions were integrated into the Arlequin software. The new R functions are able to integrate the software into

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for

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versions.

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External links

Official site

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