recombination fraction

collocation in English

meaningsofrecombinationandfraction

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recombination
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌriː.kɒm.bɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌri.kɑːm.bəˈneɪ.ʃən/
the process of creating new combinations of genes with characteristics different from those in ...
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fraction
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfræk.ʃən/us
/ˈfræk.ʃən/
a number that results from dividing one whole number ...
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The estimate of the repulsionrecombinationfractioncan be negative due to random variation of the observed phenotype numbers.
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The probability of detecting a simplex- simplex repulsion linkage decreases particularly rapidly as the truerecombinationfractionincreases.
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The standard error of the remainingrecombinationfractionis obtained by the delta method.
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The x-axis indicates therecombinationfractionbetween the locus experiencing recurrent deleterious mutation and the locus of interest.
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The sampling variance of the estimate ofrecombinationfractioncannot be evaluated for the third combination because the information matrix is singular.
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Table 3 also gives the mean and standard deviation of the mean and largest truerecombinationfraction for which the estimate was negative for each simulation.
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Map functions simplify the analysis because all the recombination fractions, including the generalizedrecombinationfraction, can be calculated from the pairwise recombination fractions between adjacent loci.
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The strength of cosegregation is measured by therecombinationfraction, the probability of an odd number of recombination.
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For this reason, we have confined our simulations to recombination fractions of 10 % or less.
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A problem occurred with simplex repulsion recombination fractions, where it is possible to obtain a negative estimate.
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Inversion of the information matrix gives the variance matrix for two of the recombination fractions.
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Secondly, three-point analysis may provide more precise estimates of recombination fractions.
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The information matrix is thus derived using exact formulae involving the true recombination fractions, rather than by numerical differentiation.
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However, estimates of recombination fractions can still be converted to genetic distances using mapping functions that do not assume independence.
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