Summarizing
r
= r
+ r
- 2r
r

= 0.2+0.2+2(0.2)(0.2)
= 0.32
where
r
= 0.16 + 0.04 = 0.2
r
= 0.16 + 0.04 = 0.2
r
= 0.32
If recombination fractions were additive, then r
should
= r
+ r
.
You can see from the above analysis that Haldane only considered 2-strand
double crossovers. He did not consider 3-strand and 4-strand double
crossover.
The physical distance between loci does not equal the observed recombination
fraction due to double crossovers which result in unobservable recombination.
Haldane showed that when the coefficient of coincidence equals one,
then the map distance = m = -1/2ln (1-2r) where r is the observed recombination
fraction.