A very good explanation can be found on Holsinger, Weir paper, and Nature Reviews Genetics (Genetics in geographically structured populations: defining, estimating, and interpreting FST ) at http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v10/n9/abs/nrg2611.html
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