inbreeding coefficient

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inbreeding
noun[U]
uk /ˌɪnˈbriː.dɪŋ/ us /ˈɪn.briː.dɪŋ/
a situation in which plants, animals, or people are produced by breeding between closely related plants, animals, ...
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coefficient
noun[C]
uk /ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/ us /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/
a value, in mathematics, that appears in front of and multiplies ...
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The actual (observed) inbreedingcoefficient at generation t at these loci was obtained in two ways.
Effect of excluding sib matings on inbreedingcoefficient and effective size of finite diploid populations.
We additionally investigated the relationships between family growth and the relatedness or the inbreedingcoefficient of their parents.
Crosses were made among replicate populations at a given generation (inbreedingcoefficient).
Estimation of the inbreedingcoefficient from phenotype frequencies by a method of maximum likelihood scoring.
Inferences about inbreeding depression based upon changes of inbreedingcoefficient.
The percentage of such anomalous valves was found to be positively correlated with the inbreedingcoefficient of specimens.
Every individual's survival (inviable=0, viable=1), inbreedingcoefficient and ancestral inbreedingcoefficient were calculated and recorded.
The mean inbreedingcoefficient (a) was calculated from the frequencies of these types of unions.
Effect of excluding sib matings on inbreedingcoefficient and effective size of finite populations.
The former explanation would lead to different regressions of proportions of initial genetic diversity retained against inbreedingcoefficient for molecular and quantitative characters.
Exact inbreedingcoefficient and effective size of finite populations under partial sib mating.
Hence, we have reinforced the concept that in order to manage the loss of long-term genetic variation, group coancestry should be managed rather than the inbreedingcoefficient.
This resulted in a breeding population for each line of around 60 individuals, so that the expected inbreedingcoefficient by the end of the experiment was about 16%.
Compared with no crossing, line crossing could lower the risk of extinction and the inbreeding coefficient of the purged population substantially with little loss of the effectiveness of purging.
Theoretically, this method can be extended to predict any n-loci (n>4) simultaneous inbreedingcoefficient.
Some methods of estimating the inbreedingcoefficient.
With the same expected inbreedingcoefficient, a larger population tends to have a smaller extent of drift at the selected loci (see below), resulting in a higher viability.
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