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ArticleGenetica2009

Casares' map function: no need for a 'corrected' Haldane's map function.

Daniel E Weeks, Xinyu Tang, Amy M Kwon

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Article in Genetica, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors.

Daniel E WeeksDepartment of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Crabtree Hall, Room A303, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. weeks@pitt.edu
Xinyu Tang
Amy M Kwon

Funding

Mega2: Manipulation Environment for Genetic AnalysesR01GM076667 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WEEKS, DANIEL E · 2006 to 2018
$3.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM076667NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM076667
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A genetic map function M(d) = RF provides a mapping from the additive genetic distance d to the non-additive recombination fraction RF between a given pair of loci, where the recombination fraction is the proportion of gametes that are recombinant between the two loci. Genetic map functions are needed because in most experiments all we can directly observe are the recombination events. However, since a recombination event is only observed if there are an odd number of crossovers between the two loci, recombination fractions are not additive. One of the most widely used map functions is Haldane's map function, which is derived under the assumptions of no chiasma and no chromatid interference, and has been in widespread use since 1919. However, Casares recently proposed a 'corrected' Haldane's map function - we show here that this 'corrected' map function is not correct due to faulty assumptions and mistakes in its derivation.

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Chromosome MappingModels, GeneticRecombination, Genetic

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PMID18604586
PMCPMC2704907

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