# rarefaction vs. relative abundance

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/rarefaction-vs-relative-abundance/16956
**Category:** General Discussion
**Tags:** rarefaction
**Created:** [October 7, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/rarefaction-vs-relative-abundance/16956 "2020-10-07T15:56:00Z")
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### Author: ![ChrisKeefe](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/chriskeefe/32/1907_2.png) [@ChrisKeefe](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ChrisKeefe)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/rarefaction-vs-relative-abundance/16956/4 "2020-10-07T21:46:18Z")

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@Nathan\_Hubot, I'm going to leave the main part of your question to others.

I think you'll be happy to know, however, that some common diversity metrics can now accept `FeatureTable[RelativeFrequency]` data without any manipulation required. Specifically, any measures used in `core-metrics-phylogenetic` except for `bray_curtis` allow this. `qiime diversity alpha`, `beta`, `alpha-phylogenetic`, and `beta-phylogenetic` should let you run those calculations.

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