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MARKER beta

Uncertainty coefficient

For each pair of alleles

HA = - fABln(fAB) - fAbln(fAb)
HB = - faBln(faB) - fabln(fab)
HAB = - fABln(fAB) - fAbln(fAb) - faBln(faB) - fabln(fab)

U = 2 x {HA + HB + HAB} / {HA + HB}

References

  • Press WH, Flannery BP, Teukolsky SA & Vetterling WT (1988) Are Two Distributions Different? Numerical Recipes in C. Cambridge University Press, pp 487-506.