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ARE PARTIAL MANTEL TESTS ADEQUATE?

Nathalie Raufaste

Laboratoire Génome, Populations, Interactions, cc63, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex, France E-mail: [email protected]

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François Rousset,

François Rousset

Laboratoire Génétique et Environnement, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex, France E-mail: [email protected]

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Nathalie Raufaste,

Nathalie Raufaste

Laboratoire Génome, Populations, Interactions, cc63, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex, France E-mail: [email protected]

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François Rousset,

François Rousset

Laboratoire Génétique et Environnement, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex, France E-mail: [email protected]

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First published: 09 May 2007

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00689.x

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Abstract.— Partial Mantel tests were designed to test for correlation among three matrices of pairwise distances. We show through an example that these tests may be inadequate, because the associated P-value is not indicative of the type I error.

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