diff --git a/src/simulation/simulate_genotypes.rs b/src/simulation/simulate_genotypes.rs
index d4eeb64..b1a90de 100644
--- a/src/simulation/simulate_genotypes.rs
+++ b/src/simulation/simulate_genotypes.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 use crate::base::*;
 use ndarray::prelude::*;
 use std::io;
+use statrs::distribution::{MultivariateNormal, Continuous};
 
 // Simulate genotypes with some linkage disequilibrium
 
+fn simulate_genotypes(n: u64, p: u64, n_chr: u64, max_bp: u64, r2_50_perc_bp: u64) -> io::Result<Array2<f64>> {
+    // Define approximately equally sized chromosomes and coordinates of the characterised loci or markers or SNPs
+    let mut chromosome_sizes = vec![p/n_chr; n_chr];
+    let p_ = chromosome_sizes.iter().fold(0, |sum, &x| sum + x);
+    if p_ < p {
+        chromosome_sizes[n_chr-1] += p - p_;
+    }
+
+    let mvn = MultivariateNormal::new(vec![0., 0.], vec![1., 0., 0., 1.]).unwrap();
+    return(Array2::from_shape_elem((n, p), f64::NAN))
+}
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