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Estimation of inbreeding from population samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Cedric A. B. Smith and
Robert Thomson
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Abstract

Some simple methods of estimating inbreeding from tests on a random sample of individuals are discussed. These are mostly iterative procedures, converging to the maximum likelihood estimate, with algorithms for finding standard errors. But there are problems of interpretation, both from the statistical and biological points of view.

Keywords

LIKELIHOODEM ALGORITHMALLELE FREQUENCIESBLOOD GROUPS

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Type
Part 3 - Stochastic Models in Biology and Field Trials
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 25 , Issue A , 1988, pp. 127 - 135
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1988 

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