Now taking family 1 and family 2 into account, we can multiply the probabilities or

P|all = ( (1-f)⁴)  ([f(1-f)⁴ +(f⁴)(1-f))/2

=(f(1-f)⁸+f⁴(1-f)⁵)/2

This can be shown by the following table generated for these results. These data are normalized by dividing by the expected probability.

Text iGenetics by Peter J. Russell

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