Wikipedia:WikiProject Evolutionary biology/popgenstyle
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The following are some notes for a standard population genetics style.
TeX Markup
[edit]Please familiarise yourself with TeX Markup, as we'll be using this.
Alleles
[edit]Alleles should be bold. Where an allele already has a name, e.g. for sickle cell anaemia, use that. Otherwise use A and a (? but suggests dominance; is there an alternative?)
Allele frequencies
[edit]Standardly, use p and q for allele frequencies, possibly r for a third. s is unfortunately used elsewhere for .
At equilibrium, they should be represented with an ampersand hat over the top:
| \hat q | Allele frequency at equilibrium |
Fitness
[edit]The standard letter for fitness is w. Mean fitness should be represented as:
| \bar w | Mean fitness |
