Linkage disequilibrium and recombination. - in our treatment of population genetics up to this point we have assumed that the transmission. of alleles at a given locus across generations are independent of alleles at a second locus. - we have also assumed that the fitnesses of genotypes at one locus are not affected by genotypes. at another locus.
Footnote references should be placed outside punctuation, but inside the closing parenthesis when referring to matter within parentheses. A lot depends on what style manual you follow.
If the footnote refers to the last word / phrase from that sentence, then the footnote should be inserted before the punctuation mark. If the footnote refers to the whole sentence, then I would insert it after the punctuation mark. This is from my own experience-sorry, but I don't know any manual to refer you to.