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recombination rate

Mike Miller mbmiller at SIRRONALD.WUSTL.EDU
Tue Jul 18 21:15:37 EST 1995


On 19 Jul 1995, Stephen P. Daiger wrote:

> The actual recombination rate is the number of observed recombination 
> events divided by the total number of events.

So, the "actual" recombination rate is the same as the "observed" 
recombination rate?  It might help to distinguish a population value (what
might be called "actual") from a sample estimate (what is observed). 

Mike

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