Table 1 Statistics from the literature adapted to our simulation study

ΔSNP

t-∆SNP

Allele frequency difference (ΔSNP) smoothed by tri-cube kernel function for sliding window W

[22, 31]

AFDexp

Allele frequency difference smoothed (ΔSNP) by Loess regression function in blocks of markers of size W condidered as genetic unit

[32]

G

Gprime

G statistic value smoothed by tri-cube kernel function for sliding window W

[27, 32]

EDm

ED₁₀₀

Fourth power of cumulative Euclidean distance at SNP level (EDm) of 100 consecutive SNPs

[28,29,30]

LOD

SmLOD

Maximum-likehood statistic smoothed for tri-cube kernel function for sliding window W

[30]