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The Hellinger distance as used for the representation of serological ABO distances among earlier human populations

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The Hellinger (arccos) distance is examined for the purpose of demonstrating to what extent it represents the differences among populations. When the Hellinger distance is employed to estimate gene frequencies, a result very similar to that of the maximum likelihood (Bernstein) method can be gained. It is pointed out that in palaeoserological examinations the Dobson/Ikin method usually mentioned as Fisher method is not equivalent to the Bernstein method.

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  1. Computer and Automation Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, XI. Kende utca. 13-17, H-1502, Budapest, Hungary

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Juhász, F. The Hellinger distance as used for the representation of serological ABO distances among earlier human populations. Hum Genet 63, 228–231 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00284654

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