Thursday, 14 July 2016

genetics - Hardy-Weinberg sex linked formula


The "big five" assumptions are the ones listed in the main text. However, the basic formulation of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium also relies on a few other assumptions;


Allele and genotype frequencies don't differ between males and females. That is, the basic form of Hardy-Weinberg does not cover sex-linked genes.


so, is there a modified formula?





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