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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 39 4 v Solution by
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Let . Among the ten complete trios, six have two heterozygous parents: three have child , two have child and one has child . Their conditional likelihood contribution isTwo more trios have a heterozygous parent and a parent, with child in each; they contribute . The remaining two parent pairs can produce only child , so their conditional probabilities are one. Multiplying givesThe factor does not depend on the genotype relative risks, so the conventional proportional likelihood function isThis is the expression in the original PDF, up to the parameter-independent constant. Its last denominator is ; the converted TeX's is a transcription error. The factor in the exact probability comes from the two heterozygous children of two heterozygous parents, each of which has two labelled transmission routes.
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