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2.2 Numbered Alleles

Numbering alleles is the simplest way to code codominant marker data. A homozygote is indicated by repeating the allele number; thus 1 2 indicates that the alleles are 1 and 2 (a heterozygotea) while 1 1 indicates the alleles are 1 and 1 (a homozygote). An unknown genotype is coded as 0 0. For sex-linked loci, males have a single allele. With the allele 1, for example, the phenotype can be coded 1 0 or 1 1.
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