Recombination between the A locus and the B locus = 0.15. This initial value of link-age disequilibrium = 0.20. What will be the value of linkage disequilibrium after one generation of recombination? Show your work

What will be an ideal response?


ANS:
?D = -rD
?D = -0.15*0.20
?D = -0.03
D(t+1) = 0.17

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