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The complete matrices for brother-sister and alternate parent-offspring mating involving one locus

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The expressions for the result of brother-sister mating and parent-offspring mating involving genes at one locus are extended to cover the case where the frequencies of different alleles are not the same. Simple expressions are given for the heterozygosis and impurity aftern generations.

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    J. B. S. Haldane

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Haldane, J.B.S. The complete matrices for brother-sister and alternate parent-offspring mating involving one locus. J Genet 53, 315–324 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02993985

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