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Table 3 Expected and simulated frequencies of quadrivalent formation

From: The simulation of meiosis in diploid and tetraploid organisms using various genetic models

P (preferential pairing)1

0

0.25

0.5

0.75

1

expected freq. quadrivalents

0.667

0.625

0.500

0.292

0.000

simulated freq. quadrivalents2

666828

625628

500039

291589

0

  1. 1 The probability that chromosome pairing at the telomeres is preferential (as opposed to random).
  2. 2 Results of a simulation of 1,000,000 meioses.
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BMC Bioinformatics

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