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. 2012 Oct;192(2):651–669. doi: 10.1534/genetics.112.139519

Table 1 . Notation used in the article.

Notation Meaning Type
i Index of an individual Basic notation
Index of a locus Basic notation
k, h Index of an allele Basic notation
N No. individuals Basic notation
L No. loci Basic notation
K No. distinct alleles at locus ℓ Basic notation
Ak, Ah Allele k (h) at locus ℓ Basic notation
X Missing data (dropout) Basic notation
γi Dropout probability at locus ℓ of individual i Basic notation
wi Observed genotype at locus ℓ of individual i Observed data point
W Observed genotypes, W = {wi} Observed data set
gi True genotype at locus ℓ of individual i Latent variable
si IBD state at locus ℓ of individual i Latent variable
zi Dropout state at locus ℓ of individual i Latent variable
G True genotypes, G = {gi} Latent variable set
S IBD states, S = {si} Latent variable set
Z Dropout states, Z = {zi} Latent variable set
ρ Inreeding coefficient Parameter
φk Frequency of allele Ak Parameter
γi Sample-specific dropout rate for individual i Parameter
γ⋅ℓ Locus-specific dropout rate for locus ℓ Parameter
Φ Allele frequencies, Φ = {φk} Parameter set
Γ Dropout rates, Γ = {γi, γ⋅ℓ} Parameter set
Ψ Model parameters, Ψ = {ρ, Φ, Γ} Parameter set
nk No. independent copies of allele Ak Summary statistic
di No. dropouts at locus ℓ for individual i Summary statistic
di No. sample-specific dropouts for individual i Summary statistic
d⋅ℓ No. locus-specific dropouts at locus ℓ Summary statistic
s No. genotypes having two alleles IBD Summary statistic

i ε {1, 2, …, N}, ℓ ε {1, 2, … , L}, and k, h ε {1, 2, … , K}.

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