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Table 3 Three simulated data sets each consisting of N i genotype samples from the given distribution of population allele frequencies.

From: Merging microsatellite data: enhanced methodology and software to combine genotype data for linkage and association analysis

Population Alleles

Allele Frequencies

Data A (N1 = 100)

Data B (N2 = 50)

Data C (N3 = 50)

1

0.005

A 1

B 1

0

2

0.010

A 2

0

C 2

3

0.185

A 3

B 3

C 3

4

0.800

A 4

B 4

C 4

  1. These data sets were used to test the success of aligning multiple data sets simultaneously. Data set B was aligned with data set C, and then the combined data set was aligned with data set A. This alignment was then compared to the simultaneous alignment of data sets A, B, and C.