Table 2 |
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Partition of degrees of freedom for two loci with number of alleles n1 and n2 (a simplified case without distinguishing the paternal and maternal origins) |
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Source |
Degrees of Freedom |
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additive (α) |
n1 - 1 |
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dominance (δ) |
n1(n1 - 1)/2 |
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additive (β) |
n2 - 1 |
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dominance (γ) |
n2(n2 - 1)/2 |
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additive × additive (αβ) |
(n1 - 1)(n2 - 1) |
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additive × dominance (αγ) |
(n1 - 1)n2(n2 - 1)/2 |
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dominance × additive (δβ) |
n1(n1 - 1)(n2 - 1)/2 |
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dominance × dominance (δγ) |
n1(n1 - 1)n2(n2 - l)/4 |
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total |
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Wang and Zeng BMC Genetics 2006 7:9 doi:10.1186/1471-2156-7-9 |
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