Table 1

Frequency and disease risk of 5 classes of genotypes under the model.

Class
Susceptible homozygotes
Heterozygote of susceptible alleles
Heterozygote with one R and one S allele
Heterozygote of resistant alleles
Resistant homozygotes

Genotype
SiSi
SiSi, i j
RiSj
RiRj, i j
RiRi
Frequency
Θ
q2 - Θ
2 pq
p2 - Π
Π
Probability of Favorable Outcome
x
ax
bx
cx
dx

Notation: Frequency of allele Si is qi; frequency of allele Ri is pi. p = pi; q = qi = 1 - p; ; . The subscripts of R alleles and the subscripts of the S alleles are unrelated.

Lipsitch et al. BMC Medical Genetics 2003 4:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2350-4-2