Equation 20 · Part 2 · Evolutionary Biology and Ecology in Practice: An Advanced Technical Guide
subscript
subscript
What this part means
The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
Its job in the formula
A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.
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The passage around this formula
One of the most widely used field-deployable methods for estimating from a single sample of genotypes is the linkage disequilibrium (LD) method , implemented and validated by Waples and Do in their 2008 paper introducing the LDNE software [ 3 ] . The logic: in an infinite population at linkage equilibrium, alleles at different, unlinked loci are statistically independent — knowing an individual’s genotype at one locus tells you nothing about its genotype at another. In a finite population, genetic drift generates chance nonrandom associations between alleles at different loci purely by sampling — associations that decay each generation but are continuously regenerated by drift in a…
Learn the underlying idea
A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.
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Sources cited in the surrounding passage
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