Soluble ER-resident proteins contain C-terminal KDEL sorting signal that allows them to be retrieved. 

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One major problem is that this approach does not take species frequency of occurrence or relative abundance into account.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Berger-Parker index - Dominance indices are weighted toward the abundance of the commonest or dominant species
D_BP = N_max /N

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

More diverse communities have a lower value of D BP than less-diverse communities.

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Berger-Parker complement index is that it is very easy to compute. Values of D_BPC vary from 0 to 1.
D_BPC =1 - D_BP

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Simpson’s diversity index

DS and species diversity are negatively related.

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Gini Simpson index of diversity (DGS) = 1 − DS.

DGS and species diversity are positive related