diff --git a/NeutralStatsManager.cpp b/NeutralStatsManager.cpp
index 3ffff0a..894c043 100644
--- a/NeutralStatsManager.cpp
+++ b/NeutralStatsManager.cpp
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ void NeutralStatsManager::calcPerLocusMeanSquaresFst(set<int> const& patchList,
 void NeutralStatsManager::calcPairwiseWeightedFst(set<int> const& patchList, const int nInds, const int nLoci, Species* pSpecies, Landscape* pLandscape) {
 
 	const int nAlleles = (int)pSpecies->getSpTrait(NEUTRAL)->getNbNeutralAlleles();
-	const int ploidy = pSpecies->isDiploid() ? 2 : 1;
 
 	// Needs to be in vector to iterate over, copy preserves order
 	vector<int> patchVect;
@@ -559,14 +558,14 @@ void NeutralStatsManager::calcPairwiseWeightedFst(set<int> const& patchList, con
 	double denominator = 0;
 	double sumWeights = 0;
 
-	totSize = nInds * ploidy;
+	totSize = nInds;
 
 	// Calculate weight (n_ic) terms
 	for (int i = 0; i < nPatches; ++i) {
 		const auto patch = pLandscape->findPatch(patchVect[i]);
 		const auto pPop = (Population*)patch->getPopn((intptr)pSpecies);
 		if (pPop != 0) {
-			popSizes[i] = pPop->sampleSize() * ploidy;
+			popSizes[i] = pPop->sampleSize();
 		} // else popSizes[i] remain default init value 0, safe
 		popWeights[i] = popSizes[i] - (popSizes[i] * popSizes[i] / totSize); // n_ic in Weir & Hill 2002
 		sumWeights += popWeights[i];
diff --git a/unit_tests/testNeutralStats.cpp b/unit_tests/testNeutralStats.cpp
index 22b7898..72c369c 100644
--- a/unit_tests/testNeutralStats.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/testNeutralStats.cpp
@@ -481,11 +481,12 @@ void testNeutralStats() {
 		assert(pNeutralStatistics->getPairwiseFst(0, 1) == 0.0);
 	}
 
-	double refDiploidFst; // for use in haploid test below
+	double refDiploidFst; // for use in further tests below
 
 	// In strictly homozygote samples:
 	// 1. Fis = 1 (maximum inbreeding)
 	// 2. The sign of the Fst depends on the ratio of variation within vs between populations
+	// 3. (if sample sizes are equal) The Weir&Cockerham 1984, Weir&Hill 2002 estimators yield the same values
 	{
 		// Case 1/2: variation within > between
 		// Within: frequencies of allele A and B are quite different
@@ -572,7 +573,17 @@ void testNeutralStats() {
 			assert(pNeutralStatistics->getFstWC() < 0.0);
 			assert(pNeutralStatistics->getFisWC() == 1.0);
 
-			refDiploidFst = pNeutralStatistics->getFstWC(); // for use in haploid test below
+			pNeutralStatistics->calcPairwiseWeightedFst(
+				patchList,
+				nbIndsPerPop * patchList.size(),
+				nbLoci,
+				pSpecies,
+				pLandscape
+			);
+			const double tol = 0.000001;
+			assert(abs(pNeutralStatistics->getWeightedFst() - pNeutralStatistics->getFstWC()) < tol);
+
+			refDiploidFst = pNeutralStatistics->getFstWC(); // for use in further tests below
 		}
 
 		// Case 2/2: variation within < between
@@ -847,7 +858,7 @@ void testNeutralStats() {
 		assert(calcError < 0.0001);
 	}
 
-	// THe Fst is a haploid sample equals that of a diploid sample if:
+	// The Fst is a haploid sample equals that of a diploid sample if:
 	// 1 - allelic frequencies are equal
 	// 2 - the diploid sample has no heterozygotes
 	// (reference diploid Fst has already been calculated above)