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Multiplicative diallelic penetrance (qG​=pθG,G∼Bin(2,ϕ))

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With Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, let G count copies of the risk allele. The penetrance pθG must lie in [0,1] for every possible genotype. Writing α=1−ϕ+ϕθ and β=1−ϕ+ϕθ2 gives E(qG​)=pα2 and E(qG2​)=p2β2.

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