coefficient of inbreeding

coefficient of inbreeding
(F)
   The proportion of homozygous loci in an individual; or, the probability that both alleles at corresponding loci were inherited from the same ancestor.

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  • coefficient of inbreeding — coefficient of inbreeding. См. коэффициент инбридинга. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Coefficient of inbreeding — A measure of how close two people are genetically to each another. The coefficient of inbreeding, symbolized by the letter F, is the probability that a person with two identical genes received both genes from one ancestor. Take a first cousin… …   Medical dictionary

  • coefficient of inbreeding — or coefficient of relation : a measure of the degree of inbreeding of an individual expressed as the percentage homozygous in that individual of characters heterozygous in the general population of its kind …   Useful english dictionary

  • F (coefficient of inbreeding) — F is the symbol for the coefficient of inbreeding, a way of gauging how close two people are genetically to one another. The coefficient of inbreeding, F, is the probability that a person with two identical genes received both genes from one… …   Medical dictionary

  • inbreeding coefficient — n COEFFICIENT OF INBREEDING …   Medical dictionary

  • Coefficient of relationship — In population genetics, Sewall Wright s coefficient of relationship or coefficient of relatedness or relatedness or r is defined as 2 times the Coefficient of Inbreeding.[1] The Coefficient of Relatedness (or: coefficient of kinship) is defined… …   Wikipedia

  • coefficient of relation — see coefficient of inbreeding …   Useful english dictionary

  • Inbreeding — is breeding between close relatives, whether plant or animal. If practiced repeatedly, it leads to an increase in homozygosity of a population. A higher frequency of recessive, deleterious traits in homozygous form in a population can, over time …   Wikipedia

  • coefficient — 1. The expression of the amount or degree of any quality possessed by a substance, or of the degree of physical or chemical change normally occurring in that substance under stated conditions. 2. The ratio or factor that relates a quantity… …   Medical dictionary

  • inbreeding coefficient — įvaisos koeficientas statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Rodiklis, rodantis homozigotiškumo laipsnio padidėjimą populiacijoje dėl giminiško kryžminimo, lyginant su pirmine būsena. atitikmenys: angl. inbreeding coefficient rus. коэффициент …   Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas

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