On the Use of the Jackknife to Compare R _XY Statistics in Conservation Genomics Research

statistics, a recently formulated quantity designed to measure relative mutation load. In this review, I summarise the application of the jackknife as a method to produce confidence intervals and review its uses in the conservation/population genomics literature. I outline how it is similar to and different from the bootstrap, and how the treatment of jackknife pseudo-values as bootstrap pseudo-values produces inflated confidence in otherwise negligible group differences. I then provide suggestions for the future use of the jackknife in conservation genomics.