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When the Hardy Weinberg ratios of m isoalleles are tested using the χ2 distribution, the correct number of degrees of freedom is 1/2 (m 2-m). The derivation from two definitions of degrees of freedom is given.
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Crisp, D.J., Beaumont, A.R., Flowerdew, M.W. et al. The Hardy Weinberg test — A correction. Mar. Biol. 46, 181–183 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00391535
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