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. 2007 May;176(1):421–440. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.063149

TABLE A2.

Joint genotype probabilities for general loci when all loci have n equally frequent alleles

IBS mode Count Probability Genotype category LR SXY SIM
AiAi, AiAi n Inline graphic 1 Inline graphic 1 Inline graphic
AiAi, AiAj n(n − 1) Inline graphic 2 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
AiAi, AjAj n(n − 1) Inline graphic 4 Inline graphic 0 Inline graphic
AiAi, AjAk Inline graphic Inline graphic 4 Inline graphic 0 Inline graphic
AiAj, AiAi n(n − 1) Inline graphic 2 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
AiAj, AiAj Inline graphic Inline graphic 1 Inline graphic 1 Inline graphic
AiAj, AiAk n(n − 1)(n − 2) Inline graphic 3 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
AiAj, AkAk Inline graphic Inline graphic 4 Inline graphic 0 Inline graphic
AiAj, AkAl Inline graphic Inline graphic 4 Inline graphic 0 Inline graphic

For each IBS mode, the number of different genotypes possible in that mode is indicated in the column labeled “count.” The genotypic category to which each IBS mode belongs is listed, as are the mode's value of SXY and single-locus Lynch–Ritland (LR) and similarity index (SIM) estimates for the coancestry coefficient based on that mode.