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Concept information

Preferred term

inbreeding coefficient

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information When parents are genetically related, the probability of homozygosity occurring because the individual has inherited the same ancestral gene from both its parents.

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https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47081

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