Title: Response to the Letter “Gametic and Zygotic Associations” by Rong-Cai Yang
Abstract: WE thank R.-C. Yang ([2003][1], this issue) for drawing attention to the connection between our work on homozygosity and linkage disequilibrium (LD; [Sabatti and Risch 2002][2]) and his work on zygotic associations ([Yang 2000][3]). As he clearly points out in his letter ([Yang 2003][1]), our