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An application of the generating function to the solution of a genetic problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Basil Diamantis*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Abstract

An application of the generating function to genetics has provided the probability distribution of homozygotes obtained by self-fertilization, in the case of two linked genetic loci. The individual probabilities are functions of the frequency of genetic recombination between the two loci.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1973 

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