Coefficient of relationship

In population genetics, Sewall Wright's coefficient of relationship or relatedness is the probability that at a random locus, the alleles there will be identical by descent.

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References

Sewall Wright, (1922). Coefficients of inbreeding and relationship. American Naturalist 56:330–338

Topics in population genetics
Key concepts: Hardy-Weinberg law \| Fisher's fundamental theorem \| neutral theory
Selection: natural \| sexual \| artificial \| ecological
Genetic drift: small population size \| population bottleneck \| founder effect
Founders: Ronald Fisher \| J.B.S. Haldane \| Sewall Wright
Related topics: evolution \| microevolution \| evolutionary game theory \| fitness landscape
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