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| − | The concept of inbreeding, mating among relatives, in genetics can get confusing because there are different defintions of inbreeding. One definition is in a pedigree sense, mating among close relative with a known genetic relationship. This can be quantified by the degree of predicted autozygosity in a pedigree and quantified by <math>F</math>. To avoid confusion with other definitions of <math>F</math> I like to symbolize it as <math>F_{pedigree}</math> or simply <math>F_{PED}</math>. Another definition of inbreeding is in a Hardy–Weinberg sense, mating among relatives in a population ''more often than by chance''. This population sense is quantified by <math>F_{IS}< | + | The concept of inbreeding, mating among relatives, in genetics can get confusing because there are different defintions of inbreeding. One definition is in a pedigree sense, mating among close relative with a known genetic relationship. This can be quantified by the degree of predicted autozygosity in a pedigree and quantified by <math>F</math>. To avoid confusion with other definitions of <math>F</math> I like to symbolize it as <math>F_{pedigree}</math> or simply <math>F_{PED}</math>. Another definition of inbreeding is in a Hardy–Weinberg sense, mating among relatives in a population ''more often than by chance''. This population sense is quantified by <math>F_{IS}</math>. |
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The concept of inbreeding, mating among relatives, in genetics can get confusing because there are different defintions of inbreeding. One definition is in a pedigree sense, mating among close relative with a known genetic relationship. This can be quantified by the degree of predicted autozygosity in a pedigree and quantified by [math]F[/math]. To avoid confusion with other definitions of [math]F[/math] I like to symbolize it as [math]F_{pedigree}[/math] or simply [math]F_{PED}[/math]. Another definition of inbreeding is in a Hardy–Weinberg sense, mating among relatives in a population more often than by chance. This population sense is quantified by [math]F_{IS}[/math].
