# Beta diversity analysis

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/beta-diversity-analysis/7332
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/beta-diversity-analysis/7332 "2018-12-07T23:25:02Z")
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### Author: ![jwdebelius](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/jwdebelius/32/9655_2.png) [@jwdebelius](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/jwdebelius)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/beta-diversity-analysis/7332/2 "2018-12-10T17:19:15Z")

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Hi @pshtiwan_babane,

There's a really nice description of the [different diversity metrics](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/alpha-and-beta-diversity-explanations-and-commands/2282). Jaccard distance accounts for the presence or absence of each features in calculating the distance, giving equal weight to each OTU. Unweighted UniFrac considers the evolutionary similarity. So, you may have individual features that are different but are closely related.

Best,  
Justine

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